Delivering incrementally

This is the penultimate video in a five-part series that demonstrates how to achieve alignment and visibility across an entire organization, from high-level vision down to day-to-day team activities.  We emphasize that this approach empowers self-managed teams by providing a shared, transparent system for planning, tracking, and collaborating. 

The core of this system relies on consistent cadence, ceremonies, and a unified tool (like Azure DevOps or Jira) where all work is documented as cards on a board.

The video focuses on the foundational steps for the team itself. It explains that after quarterly planning, which establishes key results, the team can use a dedicated board for their own ceremonies. The first step is refinement, where the team breaks down key results into specific activities or tasks. Then, during planning, they commit these activities to specific sprints. We highlight that once the work is in a sprint, the team should focus solely on execution during daily stand-ups, tracking the progress of tasks and addressing any new risks or issues at their level.

Finally, the video demonstrates how all this work rolls up to higher levels. As tasks are completed in a sprint and moved to the "done" column, the status of the key result is automatically updated. This provides real-time visibility to product owners and other stakeholders, allowing them to track progress and determine when a key result is complete. 

We conclude that by reinforcing that this system's power lies in its aligned autonomy, where teams have the freedom to manage their work while remaining connected to the overarching organizational goals.