Convoy Alignment Agenda
Every journey must begin with meticulous, even pedantic, planning
Tag: Planning
Convoy Alignment
The foundational 5-day planning ceremony where all teams commit to the next eight quarters of delivery
Lean Management
Adding management layers to identify and eliminate waste ensures that no inefficiency goes unmanaged.
Nautical Charts
Visualizing dependencies so we can see exactly how stuck we are
Fractal-based Development
This elegant branching pattern provides the structure required for disciplined delivery at scale!
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Limit WIP
The Workers Idle Problem occurs when resources are underutilized. Planning at 120% capacity ensures no engineer is ever without assigned work.
Precise Forecasting and Tracking
Converting between story points and person-days enables precise estimation, team comparison, and dashboard excellence!
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Convoy Manifest
The critical documentation required for every DORC
Release Tracking
The 47-tab Release Tracking Spreadsheet provides complete transparency into every release, every approval, and every individual!
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Co-Owner, Product (COP)
The undivided Single Point of Contact for a product, shared across multiple COPs who collectively own accountability for decisions no single person could survive alone!
Feature Completion Ratio
The percentage of features delivered versus what was committed to 8 quarters ago – because real planning has a two-year horizon!
High-Risk, Backlogged Strategic Epics (HRBSEs)
Backlog items deferred due to complexity, risk, or unclear intent become ideal candidates for AI execution, supporting Backlog Compression Objectives and reducing Unfulfilled Commitment Overhang!
Work in Small Batches
Too many releases are hard to report and manage. We focus on a small number of large releases each quarter to reduce overhead.
Planning Ceremonies
The ceremonies that establish commitments, schedule events, decompose work, and assemble teams before each convoy cycle begins
The Manager's Guide to Org Improvement
And rising through the ranks doing it!
Feature Captain
The mid-level manager who tracks feature progress and ensures their assigned Feature Team delivers on time!
Full Utilization Optimization
Engineers assigned to multiple products simultaneously achieve maximum organizational value and develop the adaptive resilience the modern enterprise demands!
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Commit to the Date
Delivery dates are sacred organizational commitments. Dates do not slip. Scope adjusts.
Feature Team
The group of Code Engineers assembled per Convoy to deliver a feature at maximum throughput from day one!
Product Direction Arbitration Council
PDAC ensures every stakeholder’s voice is heard in product decisions, preventing any single perspective from dominating the backlog!