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The output of planning is an organization aligned around the plan

I have been doing a little thinking about planning recently.. How do we decide what features are going product?  What big bets is the product going to make?  What scenarios do we enable?

 

As you might guess, I am working on all kinds of collateral around planning: feature lists, vision statements, one-page specs, and PPTs galore… but I heard the quote a few weeks ago and it really resonated with me.

 

The output of planning is an organization aligned around the plan

 

That is the goal of planning is NOT a vision doc, a feature list, or even great specs… it is a team that is completely bought into the same common plan.  It will be interesting to see how this thinking colors our planning over the next few months… stay tuned!

 

 

BTW – I have lost track of the original source of the quote, all though it was a famous Avalon guy that turned me on to it….

 

Published 05 July 05 06:00 by BradA

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# Michael S. Kaplan said on July 5, 2005 10:52 AM:
A good vision doc will explain the reasons that the plan can be supported -- the theme, for lack of a better term. A high level explanation that the lower level organization you refer to can be enlisted for enforcement purposes....
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