Decision Making
How to make efficient decisions on daily delivery workflow
The What
How do we make quick and good decisions on the daily delivery process? Push the decision-making to the possible lowest level.
The How
Communicate the vision
Why we are here and what are we trying to achieve as a team? Get it super clear.
Focus more on the why and less on the what
Provide more context to the team which helps them make efficient decisions.
Alignment
Hard work in the right direction.
Catch up (sync / async) with your Product Manager regularly, repeatedly, and frequently.
Align the tech roadmap with the product roadmap.
Autonomy
Be more situational and give your direct reports more space to grow
Don’t be prescriptive unless you absolutely have to, and fix it as soon as possible.
Direction
Ensure the direction is correct, otherwise, all that hard work goes in a wrong direction
Regular catch up with your Product Manager and get the direction aligned
Have a tech roadmap and fit into the product roadmap
Delegate & Monitor
Regular check-ins, but how often? It depends on Task Relevant Maturity
Start small and slowly build the trust
Clear ownership
Clarify goals and success metrics
Proactive updates from direct reports are needed
Regular check-ins
At the end of the day, it is all your accountability
🔴 Red Flags
Have unnecessary meetings for small decisions. // Can you make it async?
Look for absolute broader consensus for small decisions. // Unnecessary.
Aim for perfect decisions. // Perfectionism is killing your team.
📜 Tips
Use frameworks for the decision-making process, e.g., DACI
Think about ROI. How big the decision is and how much it cost to make that decision.
There is more than one way to make a decision. Voting is just one of them.
🕳️ Pitfalls
Escalate every decision ⇒ micro-management
Delegate without monitoring ⇒ unexpected failures
https://www.cnpatterns.org/organization-culture/decide-closest-to-the-action
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