Assessing the success of a major strategic initiative is easy after the initiative is complete: it either succeeded or it didn’t. The challenge is to assess the health of an initiative with enough depth to decide on course corrections that will help guide the initiative to success. The RWD Initiative Dashboard provides an evidence-based mechanism to look across an initiative at the various elements that determine the path between success and failure. The Dashboard consists of 192 indicators across the five key dimensions:
- Strategic Intent
- Vanguard Leadership
- Process Integrity
- People Readiness
- Organizational Context
These indicators are based on years of experience assessing initiatives both during and after completion. The Initiative Dashboard is designed to give initiative leaders the tools and evidence needed to concentrate resources, and the attention that is necessary in those areas where it is most needed to ensure initiative success.