Want to increase stakeholder alignment?
A tool you can use to help do this is INFORMATION RADIATORS.
Essentially, a very large and very visible chart (in any format).
Placed where as many team members, stakeholders and passers-by as possible will come across it (physically or digitally).
Showing the latest information about delivery at a glance.
What to put on it?
Ensure it has: What you care about and what others will want to know.
Bigger is better. Like, in-your-face big.
Co-create it with the team.
Let each person on the team be responsible for updating an element.
Keep it simple, keep it easy.
This is what will happen..
1. It will provoke valuable conversation
2. It will keep these things front-of-mind for stakeholders
3. It will promote responsibility among the team
4. It will reduce unneeded meetings
Examples of what to put on?
It depends what you care about and what others will want to know, but here are some starters:
Metrics you’re tracking, what was delivered last quarter & what’s coming up in the next, top 3 risks & issues and what is being done about them, sprint burn down, WIP, etc.
Run an experiment, give it a try and watch what happens!