Dynamics of Software Development, Second Edition

Four Steps to Shared Vision

Before your team can achieve a state of shared vision, you must accomplish some level of mastery over four distinct areas, and do so both iteratively and in sequence:

1. Checking In, the management of personal presence

2. Deciding, practicing unanimous decision-making

3. Aligning, disclosing motive and setting goals

4. Envisioning, creating shared vision

The following presents a very brief introduction, organized by these four major sections, to all the elements of The Core System V. 3.0. For more detailed coverage of these elements, see Software for Your Head.

Part I: The Elements of Check In

Whether the members of a team are dispersed across the world or crammed shoulder-to-shoulder in rows of cubicles, distance is always the ...