Set the objectives the projects must serve

Practice BM-02 in the Business Management group. The basis is our-reading, and the row asks for 3 pieces of evidence.

At a glance

Ref: BM-02
Process: Business Management
Basis: our-reading
Source: Public abstract, process list
Evidence: 3 items
Gaps: 2 common

Evidence to keep

Business ManagementA short objectives list with a measure for each
Business ManagementThe review point for each objective
Business ManagementThe project map showing which projects serve which objective

Questions before you sign

Which three objectives matter this year?
Which project serves each one?
Who reads the measure, and when?

The practice, in our words

Turn the business statement into a small set of objectives that projects can be judged against: delivery on time, margin, repeat business, a new capability, a certification the firm needs. Each objective needs a measure and a review point.

What it means in a VSE

Keep the list to five or fewer. A firm of 12 people cannot pursue twenty objectives. Put the list on the same page as the project map so the connection is visible when a new project is proposed.

In a firm of 25 people or fewer, set the objectives the projects must serve has to earn its time. The test for BM-02 is not whether the team understands it but whether the artefact exists at the end of the project. Shrink the meeting. Shrink the document. Keep the record.

How to evidence it

Attach the artefacts above to the Set the objectives the projects must serve row with the project name, the owner and the date. The anchor for BM-02 is A short objectives list with a measure for each. A named person must produce it on request.

For BM-02, the reviewer will sample one live decision and ask for The review point for each objective. No artefact, no evidence. A file that depends on one person's mailbox is not a file for set the objectives the projects must serve.

What an assessor samples

An assessor reads the set the objectives the projects must serve practice, asks for its evidence and tests one project against it. For BM-02, the useful sample is the most recent project that used the practice, not the best one. A reconstruction written for the visit is a finding for BM-02 if the practice cannot be shown to have happened when it mattered.

Common gaps

Objectives that no project can influence
A measure that is never read

What changes from the 2019 report. For BM-02, the business management process is one of the four the public abstract names. The transition work is to give it an owner and a review, not to invent a new committee.

Where the draft fits

The public abstract places set the objectives the projects must serve inside one of the four processes the Intermediate profile covers. For BM-02, the draft clause numbering and wording are not public, so this page cites Public abstract, process list and does not quote the draft. The basis label for BM-02 says whether the practice is stated in the public record, named as a process in the series, or our reading.

Related practices

Source for this page: Public abstract, process list. Open the record and compare it with the BM-02 statement above. Retrieved 2026-10-22.