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You changed the roadmap. Are your squads still building yesterday's plan?
Usually yes. The new roadmap went out in a deck, the old tickets stayed in the backlog, and every squad finished what it had started. This program aligns what your squads know, believe and do when the roadmap for your platform changes, in four one-hour team sessions.
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Execution readinessExample scores for a team like yours. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.
Where it usually breaks32Today82/ 100After the 4 team sessions
Ready to executeShared knowledgeHigh riskSquads cannot say what moved, what stopped and what stayed
Shared convictionHigh riskPeople believe the change will be changed again
Shared practiceMedium riskIn-flight work is finished out of habit, not decision
4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitatorThe gap
What you'd typically hear if five of your product people answered alone.
SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone
Finish the sentence: when the roadmap changes mid-quarter, the work my squad has already started is…MMira…checked against the new roadmap: kept, stopped or finished first, on purpose.
JJonas…finished. We are nearly done anyway.
AAylin…kept until someone tells us to stop.
TTomas…stopped immediately, whatever state it is in.
RRosa…honestly, we're not sure the new roadmap will stick.
What it costs you if nobody notices
Shared knowledgeYesterday's plan shipsWhen squads cannot say what moved, they keep building the old plan, and the new one starts a quarter late.
Shared convictionChange fatigue winsIf people believe the roadmap will change again, they wait it out, and the change that was real never lands.
Shared practiceNearly done never stopsWork finished out of habit is a quarter of capacity spent on something the company decided not to want.
The program that closes the gap
Four one-hour sessions. Every squad on the current roadmap, and every stop a decision, not a habit.
Session
Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice
S1Know what changedAgrees what moved, what stopped and what stayed on the roadmap, and why.
Shared knowledge1Agree what moved, stopped and stayed on the Acme Cloud roadmap2Fill in the exact words for what movedShared conviction3Stand in the CPO's shoes on the roadmap changeShared practice4Sort real roadmap situations into keep5Agree the decisive action each person takes when the…
DemoS2Believe the changeShows you whether squads believe this change is real, and what would convince them.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on what happens to in-flight workShared conviction2Agree what's really at stake if squads don't believe the…3Decide as the CPO, then compare your call to the real…Shared practice4Sort real roadmap situations into the right response5Rehearse the moment you're asked if the new roadmap will…
DemoS3Sort the work in flightSorts the squad's current work against the new roadmap alone: keep, stop or finish first, and aligns.
Shared knowledge1Quiz each other on when to keepShared conviction2Sort four in flight work items into keepShared practice3Sort the squad's in-flight work against the new roadmap4Practice sorting in-flight work into keep
DemoS4Stop wellPractises stopping a piece of work: what to tell the team, the partner who was promised it, and what to keep from it.
Shared knowledge1Align the team on exactly what to say when stopping a…Shared conviction2Decide how the CPO would stop a piece of in-flight workShared practice3Practise how to stop a piece of work by matching each real…4Rehearse exactly what you'll say when you stop a piece of…
DemoPlay it yourself · a short demo · one exercise from session 3 · Sort the Situations
Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.
This is a taste, not the whole session. “Sort the work in flight” runs 4 exercises with your own team, on a call or in a room. Here is one of them, on the real screens, played with four AI teammates, so you can feel how a session works.
Sort the work in flight · Sort the Situations00:00MJLSYouSort the squad's in-flight work against the new roadmap and align on every callOn screen: Sort each of these 6 in flight work items into its correct roadmap call alone
You are playing with 4 AI teammates. Every screen opens on its briefing: read it, then tap I’m ready.
Readiness intelligence · what you'll see as teams play
Know which of your squads are building the current roadmap, and where you should step in, before the quarter is spent on the old one.
Your company › Readiness intelligence › A roadmap changeEvery squad works on the current roadmap, and knows what to stop
Readiness index82%Ready+50 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80
Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80
Participation94%207 of 220 people played at least once
Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed
Alignment41% →78%686 of 880 points aligned
Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in
The 80% done integrationNot aligned in 17 of 40 playsShared knowledgeYour integrations squads · 35 people
Will this roadmap change again before we finish?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour longest-serving squads · 40 people
Your squads could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.
- 01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
- 02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
- 03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.
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Free until you play live · ISO 27001 · EU data
Free until you play live · ISO 27001 · EU data