What new planning habit are you adopting to start 2024?
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My big focus is to get people to look beyond the quarter in their planning. Yes, collaboratively plan the current quarter in detail while gaining commitments from all necessary resources. AND, collaboratively plan the next two years at a macro level so when we get to next quarter, everyone has insight into what details we'll need to discuss.
In 2024, I'm focusing on a collaborative planning approach that integrates the schedules, priorities, and insights of all IT stakeholders.
This includes recognizing and accommodating planning dependencies and being mindful of both internal and external constraints that could impact our projects.
My aim is to align our team's efforts with these factors, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and team alignment. By actively engaging with stakeholders and my team, I intend to develop a comprehensive plan that is adaptable and attuned to our collective goals.
Really honestly, feedback from an external who sees many companies:
I'd like to see the existing ones being executed reliably and consistently before people add new habits on. I've seen many companies where even the basics are still executed incorrectly and/or not consistently.
It is rare that I see excellence being in place - in that case it is always good to add new planning "habits".
Yes! The lack of consistency and the amount of optionality around how the processes are managed is worth addressing as a first step in most organisations. While tech helps it is not a silver bullet and should never be the first step in fixing a planning issue, based on my experience in the supply and services side of this discussion. <br><br>
monitoring the plan, and use the result for next better planning
We are shifting the narrative from project completion to business value delivery using the KPI's of our business partners to measure success.