Have you ever left a meeting thinking everyone was on board, only to have the plan unravel when one stakeholder reverses course afterward? Here’s a technique to surface those hidden misalignments:
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Ask each participant to write out the follow-on implications of a proposal as an “if…then” statement. For example: “If we add this item to the roadmap, then we’ll need to drop something else.” Gather the “thens” and look for points where stakeholders disagree. Those are the areas that need more discussion and resolution.
We have more techniques in Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders.
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I will be at Productized in Lisbon (along with a Porsche), speaking on How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty and Aligned: the Game, October 15-17. Coming?
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