Managing up
Resource request
Connect a resource request to a business need rather than to workload.
Asking for people, money or time.
The shape
- Need
- Reason
- Expected value
- Cost or trade off
- Request
A worked example
We need two additional engineers for six weeks. The current team cannot complete the migration inside the committed window. Adding two protects the customer deadline. The cost is the contract rate for six weeks. I recommend approving the temporary allocation.
Built from
An application framework is a package. These are the reusable shapes inside it.
Mostly serves Message, and reaches into Intent.
A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.
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