Week 3 – Sorting out data issues
Week 3
Sorting out Data Issues
This week, your mission is to ensure that the Team has it act together on the data front. It is something that many 100-Day Teams struggle with. So, special attention is required early on in the Sprint and throughout the 100 days.
Your Tasks This Week
Your task is to organise a “data discussion” with the Team Leader, the data geek, and possibly other members of the 100-Day Team. The purpose of this is to examine four data-related matters, and to take actions related to these, as needed:
100-Day Goal Clarity
Make sure that the 100-Day Goal is stated in a way that makes it crystal clear whether, at the end of the 100 days, the Team can determine if the Goal had been achieved, surpassed, or not achieved. In principle, this should have been done at the Start-Up Workshop. But at times it is not. You may need to convene the Team and help them revisit this question and make sure that progress towards the goal can be measured during and/or at the end of the 100 days.
Baseline Data
Make sure that the Team is making all possible efforts to gather baseline data about the 100-Day Goal: what was the performance like before the 100-Day Challenge? This will enable the team to brag about the level of change and improvement it has been able to bring about during the 100 days.
Tracking Progress
It is risky to wait too long before knowing if the actions of the team are influencing the impact indicator that is built into the 100-Day Goal. The Team will need a way to know if interim results are being achieved. This way, if corrective action or new actions are needed, there is time to implement these during the 100 days. Ideally, progress towards the 100-Day Goal can be tracked weekly, or even daily, and a data chart is updated accordingly, with full visibility of the 100-Day Team and other stakeholders.
Adverse Effects
At times, people not involved in the 100-Day Challenge will complain that the progress made towards the 100-Day Goal was achieved at the expense of other priorities. Attention and resources were shifted away from other important areas. To preempt this criticism, it is important that the Team anticipates the possible adverse consequences, and tracks related impact indicators to make sure these are not adversely affected by the work on the 100-Day Challenge.
For examples on each of the four areas, and for some tips on how to guide the Team in these discussions, please go over the Learning Deep Dive: Data Issues in 100-Day Challenges
