Tool details

Gameplan

A tool for starting up, involving the entire team and undertake important themes in a visual and systematic way.

Tool category:

Team tools

Communication

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When to use

At the beginning of a project.

Why you should

To create structure, clarity, and lay the foundation for trust and reliability.

What you get

A clear overview and a visual one-page tool for aligning on important aspects of the project.

Steps to take

Vision: Everyone reflects and writes down their own thoughts, key words and ideas on what the team´s vision is. Share and hang up post-its, together we formulate a common vision. Ex: "Make people happy".

Goals: The goals must be specific and measurable steps towards the vision ideally they should contain what, how and when. The team first reflects individually and writes down. Share, discuss and sort together.

Motivation: Members reflects on what their personal motivation for the project is and writes down. Assemble around the Gameplan, share and hang up the post its. Take time to reflect upon the different motivations.

Roles & responsibilities: Everyone writes down individually what you will contribute with, what you need support with, and what you expect of the others

Risks & Challenges: By sharing their thoughts and reflections on this, the team creates awareness that will help them cope with the obstacles. Reflect individually and write down the risks you can think of, being as concrete as possible. Share, discuss and sort.

Game rules: Work together, and agree on a set of rules (methods, routines, communication++) for how the team should collaborate.)

Success factors: The team defines the critical success factors that will help the project and team in the future. Reflect individually, then share, discuss and define the most important factors together.

Activities & tasks: Individually write down timeframes, deadlines and important evens. Then, the project's main stages with specific tasks/activities. Share, discuss, align and place.