Learn about the fields of the Strategic program form. Use this form to create or edit the details of a planning item of the type Strategic Program in Strategic Planning.

These fields are displayed on the full details page of the planning item.
Table 1. Strategic program planning item form
FieldDescription
Name Brief description of the planning item.
Description Detailed information of the planning item.

You can refine strategic program description using the Write planning item skill, if the Now Assist for SPM application is installed.
State Current working state of the planning item.
Initiative Initiative that this planning item is associated to.
Owner User assigned to this planning item.
Percent complete Percentage of work completed for this planning item.
MoSCoW Priority of this planning item based on its importance. The available options are:
  • 1 - Must have
  • 2 - Should have
  • 3 - Could have
  • 4 - Won’t have
Work notes Notes to capture the updates and discussions on the planning item as the work progresses.
Table 2. Details section of the Strategic program planning item form
FieldDescription
Approved start date Approved start date for this planning item.
Approved end date Approved end date for this planning item.
Actual start date Actual date on which the work for this planning item has started.
Actual end date Actual date on which the work for this planning item is complete.
Priority Priority of this planning item.
Business capabilities Business capabilities of this planning item.
Business application Business application that this planning item is related to.
Other impacted business applications Business applications that this planning item has an impact on.
Table 3. Business case section of the Strategic program planning item form
FieldDescription
Overview Business case overview of this planning item.
Background Background for this planning item.
Limitations Applicable limitations to this planning item.
Approach Planned approach to work on this planning item.
Benefits Business benefit from this planning item.
Table 4. Financials section of the Strategic program planning item formIn this section, capture financial details for this planning item such as cost, CapEx, OpEx, benefit, ROI, and other estimates.
FieldDescription
Planned cost Planned cost to take up this planning item.
Planned capEx Planned capital expenditure for this planning item.
Planned opEx Planned operational expenditure for this planning item.
Planned benefit Planned benefit from this planning item.
Actual benefit Actual benefit achieved from this planning item,
Actual cost Actual cost on this planning item.
Actual capEx Actual value of capital expenditure for this planning item.
Actual opEx Actual value of operational expenditure for this planning item.
Planned ROI Planned return of investment for this planning item.