Management Reviews

As with all GAJ Services' offerings, management buy-in is essential for success. During Business Rigor Roadmap Building, GAJ Services encourages three progress review sessions and a final management review.

The first management review session will be a rights-of-passage exercise review. During this session, management will reach an agreement on how to evaluate investments.

The second management review session will be an initial market research review. During this session, your management team will gain a clear understanding of market findings and will be given an opportunity to direct subsequent research.

The third management review session will give your team an outline of the strategic roadmap. During this session, some initial findings and recommendations will be presented. The team will be encouraged to question the material and to provide input. This session is designed to facilitate discussion and debate among the team prior to the final review.

Roadmap Building concludes with a final management team review. During this session, the final strategic roadmap will be presented. The management team will also receive an overview of the next steps that need to take place during Business Rigor Operations Planning.

Even though there are only four official management reviews during the Roadmap Building program, the project leader and Business Rigor coach should provide regular updates, via meetings or conference calls, to the CEO and/or Business Rigor champion. The Business Rigor champion must clearly understand the Business Rigor process, where it is going and what findings are surfacing. The project leader will also responsible for communicating with Functional Owners regarding progress and deliverables.

The goal of Business Rigor is for your entire organization to own the process. This involves enabling your executive team to understand the tough decisions that need to be made to accelerate business growth.