Runs on PeoplePlaybooks / Process
Clarity
Does everyone know the priorities, and what we're not doing?
Weak
Everything is a priority, so nothing is. The plan exists, but nobody can explain it.
Strong
The newest person can explain why their work matters and what got dropped to make room.
Playbooks
We keep saying yes and missing everythingHow to say noProcess · Clarity→Leadership has a vision. My team has no idea how their work connects to it.From vision to the graduate's first dayProcess · Clarity→
In the works
- Writing a strategy on one page
- Goals your team actually believes in
What weak looks like in your industry
- Software and technologyThe roadmap is a list of everything anyone has asked for.
- Healthcare and practicesEvery initiative is urgent and the ward can't say which one comes first.
- Accountancy and professional servicesPartners each promise clients different things, and the team finds out last.
- Manufacturing and operationsRush orders jump the queue daily and nobody knows the real sequence.
- Small businessYou say yes to every customer, and the team guesses what matters today.
In the frameworks you already use
Every framework touches this dimension somewhere. Here's where.
All frameworks →- SAFeStrategic themes and portfolio visionConnect the enterprise strategy to the work of every train.
- SAFePI PlanningEveryone on the train plans the next Planning Interval together, face to face, every 8 to 12 weeks.
- Disciplined AgileContext countsWhat works depends on your team, your domain and your constraints.
- Shape UpShapingSenior people define the problem, the boundaries and a rough solution before anyone commits.
- ScrumSprint GoalOne objective for the sprint that gives the team focus and flexibility.
- KanbanWIP limitsStop starting, start finishing. The simplest way to say no.
- OKRsObjectivesWhat you want to achieve, in words people care about.