30-60-90 Day Plan
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TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR / MANAGER
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
30-60-90 Day Plan
INTRODUCTION
4 Main Objectives:
Be prepared
Always do my best work
Never take things personally, but analyze failures
Never make speculations, but rely on facts
Observe and Learn
Act and Build
Sustain and Push
30-DAY: SET THE BASELINES
Understand Team Culture
Meet Team Customers Stakeholders
Learn Processes Procedures
GAIN VISIBILITY
Analyze the current situation:
• Get current status• Determine Immediate problems
to solve• Understand where each
customer stands
Meet customers :
• In terms of Management, Team, Organization, Process, Offer
• Meet champion customers => gain feedback
• Meet also early lost opportunities and churned customers
Secure early wins meaningful to the team :
• Focus on 3-4 most critical wins to be secured
• Involve the team in this momentum
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TEAM
Meet the Team & Stakeholders and
Prepare Team Skills Inventory &
Stakeholder Analysis (RACI)
Establish strengths and weaknesses
chart & Identify gaps that need to be
addressed
(SWOT)
5 questions
• What are the biggest challenges?
• Why is the team facing them ?
• What are the most promising opportunities for growth ?
• What would need to happen for the team to exploit the potential for these opportunities ?
• If you were me, what would you focus on ?
CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT
Attend meetings, learn corporate culture
• Processes, Procedures, and Culture
• Have complete understanding of applications, products and tools
Discuss activities With:
• Top global account Directors / Top Management
• Matrixed Cross Function managers and functional managers
• Be open to suggestions and Best practices
60-DAY: DEFINE AN ACTION PLAN AND DELIVER
Organize Team Culture
Develop Relationships
Team Customers Stakeholders
Adapt Processes Procedures
IMPLEMENT AN EARLY MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Book periodic meetingswith the team :
• Operations Team
• Management Team
• Strategy Team
• Development Team
Use proactive and reactive indicators :
• Roadmap planning
• Portfolio profitability
• Time-sheets
• Budget Analysis
• Overall product health
• Percentage churn / portfolio value / engagement
REORGANIZE AND EMPOWER THE TEAM
Fill the gaps identified
• Strategy – Executive Team
• Operations
• Project team
• Production Support Team
Make sure each member is at his right place
• Developers/Engineers
• Business Analysts
• Quality Analysts and testers
• PM – Scrum Master, Project Managers, Product owners
Support the teamand begin to value and foster team spiritand synergy.
ENGAGE : BE PROACTIVE
Operationally
Strategically
Develop Relationships
•Continuous feedback
•Production basis
•Strategic basis
•Supervising basis
•Leverage the relation to be more strategic (if needed)
•Organize events at the Customers’ site or in-house
• Into customers services
•Cross-networking
•Attend professional organization meetings
90-DAY: SHORT & LONG TERM PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Push Team
Secure Team Customers Stakeholders
Optimize Processes Procedures
FIRST APPRAISALS
Identify Wins and Failures
• Products
• Team production
Achieve Alignment of the business unit
• All team members must be working in a concerted effort
• Elements to sync : Strategy, Structure, Skills, Culture
Obtain feedback from new processes and procedures
• From the team
• Establish a way to reward team performance
IDENTIFY NEW CHALLENGES
Identify Strategic initiatives
Individual challenges
Team projects
Organize team building (informal
ones)
30-60-90 DAY RECAP
30-Day : Observe & Learn
60-Day : Act & Build
90-Day : Sustain & Push
BY: KIM WIETHOFF