Sharpen our Plan

Sharpen our Plan

Why do this?  Based on the experience of the first two weeks, what can we do to increase the odds of success? Come up with new ideas and translate the promising ones into work streams or action steps in the plan.

Difficulties

Ask each team member to consider one issue related to the project that they are having difficulties with and would like help and advice on. These issues may have come up in the previous session. 

Advice

Use TROIKA Consulting (see the video below) to solicit fast and fresh advice from each other on these issues.  If the team is only 4 people, three people can participate and one can give the instructions and keep time. 

Adjust the Plan

Ask the team to adjust the work plans based on the advice they received. And also, ask them to consider the question: “what else can we do to increase the odds of success, what new ideas can we pursue” (outside the current plan). Make sure to remind the team to go review the ideas that emerged in the previous session, and to turn these into concrete actions that can be added to the work plan.

Review the Emerging Work Plan

Review the emerging work plan and make sure timing is aligned across work streams. Once that is completed…

    • Ask the team again to vote on their confidence about achieving the goal. 
    • Ask them to decide on specific requests for support they may have of the Challenge Strategist