Align a Project or Program with a Strategy

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Align projects or programs with strategies to monitor the performance of the strategy nodes using the associated measures. A single project or program can be aligned to multiple strategy nodes.

Each time a project or program is aligned with a strategy, a strategic alignment score is calculated for it. The score, which takes into account a project's or program's alignment with its associated strategies and each strategy's weighting, indicates how aligned a project or program is with an organization's strategies. This can be useful in the project or program selection process. Strategic alignment scores are calculated at the workspace level and viewed at the project or program level.

To align a project or program with a strategy node:

In the object selector, select a workspace.
In the sidebar, hover over  Strategic Alignment, and select Strategy List.
Select the strategy node.
In the Projects or Programs detail window, select Align Projects or Align Programs.
In the Align Projects or Align Programs dialog box, select one or more projects or programs to associate with the strategy node, and select OK.
Select Save.
In the Projects or Programs detail window, in the Percentage Alignment column, enter the degree of alignment the project or program has to the strategy node.
Select Save.

You can also do this at the project or program level.

In the object selector, select a project or program.
In the sidebar, hover over  Strategic Alignment, and select Strategy List.
Select Assign.
In the Link Strategies dialog box, select a strategy, and select OK.

Tips

To calculate strategic alignment scores for all projects or programs aligned to strategies in the current workspace, select Actions , and then select Calculate Alignment Scores. Scores can be viewed on the Strategy List page at the project or program level.

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