Business Requestor
Discovery and
Elaboration planning
Nationwide trivia
Checkpoints
Partners in the process
100

A critical field on the Business Request Intake that describes the result of the work.

What is a business outcome?

100

This electronic form allows you to initiate a request for funding to the Shared Portfolio.

What is the Business Request Intake form?

100

Nationwide’s original name that existed when we sold our first policy in 1926.

What is Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Ins Co.?

100

Conversation that determines if a capability is ready for release.

What is a go/no go decision checkpoint?

100

This individual is the primary contact and representative for the business on the Shared Portfolio.

Who is the Business Delivery Executive (BDE)?

200

This group of business leaders provides input on priorities in the annual funding proposal.

What is the Shared Portfolio Operating Committee?

200

Business outcomes are provided or documented as part of this activity.

What is Discovery?

200

In 1968 Nationwide established the first 24 hour reporting service for what process.

What is Claims?

200

This Funding and Approval checkpoint determines if a request should proceed from Discovery to this phase. 

What is Elaboration Planning

200

This role is most active in the Elaboration Planning phase of the project lifecycle.

What is the TIA (Technology Innovation Analyst)

300

This semi-annual event provides a vision and awareness for upcoming delivery out of the Shared Portfolio.

What is Portfolio Prime?

300

This phase delivers the control plan, the team structure and a completed planning document. 

What is Elaboration Planning?

300

The year Nationwide completed construction of One Nationwide Plaza

What is 1978?

300

Checkpoints have been formally introduced into the process to assure the team has this. 

What is Alignment 

300

Role responsible for the end-to-end management of the team during the project lifecycle. 

What is the Delivery Leader?

400

A place where you can access the Business Request Intake form.

What is the Shared Portfolio SharePoint site?


400

Level of accuracy for the budgetary estimate provided by Architects.

What is +/- 100%?

400

The year that Nationwide Financial began openly trading as a public company.

What is 1997?

400

The OCM checkpoint determines the level of what for the business.

What is Change 

400

Accountable for the delivery of the IT components of the solution. 

Who is the IT Delivery Executive (ITDE)?

500

Business requests have these 2 paths. They can be submitted through the Annual Funding Request process or this. 

What is Shared Portfolio Business Request Intake 

500

This role is responsible for completing the Budgetary estimate in the Discovery phase. 

What is the architect? 

500

In 2000 Nationwide Arena opened with these artists performing at the first concert.

What is Tim McGraw and Faith Hill?

500

If an effort is approved in the Funding and Approval Checkpoint what date do the DL and TIA align on?


What is a target to complete delivery. 

500

Role that develops and executes product roadmaps to support strategic business objectives.  

Who is the Product Manager?