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Reality Check – Keep It Simple & Clear

Challenge in management is to keep everybody up-to-date on what we are doing and why.  One great way to get a clear picture is to do reality check regularly and keep it visible for everyone. Reality check means answering to a couple of question:

Why are we doing this?

• If you can’t answer to this, then you have a problem. Check that your project is aligned with the organization’s vision & strategy.

What is our goal?

• Define what is your goal. For example, our goal is to create a product X which will have the Y – features. Do not forget SMART for defining project goal (Specific, Measurable, Agreed-upon, Realistic, Time-framed).

What is our vision?

• Define your dream – what is your long term goal. For example, our product will be used by 2 million people in 5 years.

What is our strategy?

• How are we going to do all this? What is your advantage? Where do you focus on?

Remember that you can add even more questions in there to help you to get even better picture of what the heck are you doing. Keep these visible for everyone. Everybody who sees it should understand what you are doing and why. Simple, but powerful.