Liftoff

Maybe merge with team charter.

• to launch agile teams toward success;
• to launch a team with attention and intention;
• to charter an agile team just-enough.

Een goed begin is het halve werk.

An effective liftoff:

• implies motion and momentum;
• accelerates the leap into the work;
• achieves alignment—a shared understanding about the work and why it exists;
• unites—brings key stakeholders and core team members together;
• clarifies roles by developing working relationships among stake- holders, product development, core team members, and business sponsors;
• outlines the context for the work and why it matters to the organization as a whole; and
• positions your team on the trajectory to success;
• defines the
  • initial intentions;
  • approach; and
  • plans; and to
• begin team building;
• offers helpful information and collaborative experiences;
• helps everyone learn, think, and make decisions about the work together
• provides a critical link to support, perspectives, and resources through the team charter.

A liftoff is a (series of) meeting(s) where everyone who are in start a new endeavor.

You have to slow down to speed up, so take the time to learn about the purpose and nature at the start of a new journey to begin well.

A well-timed liftoff adds energy, and a premature liftoff drains energy, so make sure you are ready for liftoff:

• You have a committed sponsor and identified product manager.
• You can you articulate the business case.
• Funding and budgets to start the effort have been allocated, that is, you have money in the bank.
• You have a clear intention at least to levels up for what you want to to accomplish?

Three to five broad, deep and cross people who are in cocreate the plan for the liftoff. In fact, organize the planning meeting according to don’t just do something, stand there!.

Guiding Questions

• What did you learn from the retrospectives on previous liftoffs?
• What will create the best starting point for everyone involved?
• Is this a single-team product or service, a single-team project, or a multi-team program or initiative?
• What is needed to start well?
• Whose support is essential to the success?
• Which key stakeholders should we invite?
• How much of the liftoff will the executives and sponsors attend?
• What new skills are needed?
• What new knowledge is essential?
• Where do we anticipate challenges in communication and information flow?
• How can we begin to address any identified impediments?
• Have we identified all the right team members for cross-functional work?
• What are the known issues or constraints?
• What are the known unknowns?
• What tone do we want to set?
• Is it likely that ?
• How will we adapt our plan when new information or ideas emerge during the liftoff?
• How will we continue to improve our liftoffs?