{"id":20564,"date":"2021-12-09T07:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/starting-your-journey-from-project-to-product-celebrate-learning-and-wins\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T07:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:44:08","slug":"starting-your-journey-from-project-to-product-celebrate-learning-and-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/starting-your-journey-from-project-to-product-celebrate-learning-and-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Your Journey from Project to Product: Celebrate Wins and Learning in Every Level of the Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div class=\"feature-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/flow-series4_blog-image-850x550.png\" alt=\"Starting Your Journey from Project to Product: Celebrate Wins and Learning in Every Level of the Organization\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often organizations can be overwhelmed when thinking about <a href=\"\/innovation-is-compounding-interest-how-legacy-companies-can-compete-and-deliver-innovation-like-the-cloud-native-giants\">continuous improvement<\/a> primarily because it&#x2019;s just that &#x2026; continuous. It&#x2019;s easy to lose focus and momentum while on this journey because the day to day effort doesn&#x2019;t bring about incredible change. This is even more true the longer the journey goes. A key to keeping momentum is carving out time to show learnings and celebrate wins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starting Your Journey from Project to Product: Celebrate Wins at Every Level of the Organization\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PuDkGwOHVtg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Give leadership the stories they need in executive reviews<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaders are often willing to celebrate success but unfortunately are too far removed from the day-to-day work of their teams and their accomplishments. Compound that with the general human tendency to focus more on problems than success and it&#x2019;s easy to see why celebrating real wins can be few and far between.&#xA0;&#xA0;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To counteract this, we find it&#x2019;s best to schedule standing executive reviews (no less than monthly). As you begin your journey, don&#x2019;t wait for results to come in, go ahead and schedule this recurring series of meetings. You&#x2019;ll naturally focus agenda items on challenges but make sure to allocate time in these discussions to share learnings and wins. Don&#x2019;t share just the data and graphs &#x2013; share the narrative behind these wins. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasktop.com\/customers\/\">Stories<\/a> are a compelling tool for change, enabling you to position the initial challenges, the eventual win and the players that were part of that journey.&#xA0;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These kinds of stories will stick with the listeners and spread through the organization in a compelling manner. As you provide your leaders with these stories in the executive reviews, you&#x2019;ll find they are more equipped and can more easily celebrate these critical wins creating an upward spiral that injects positivity and brews confidence that permeates from top to bottom.&#xA0;&#xA0;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Celebrate wins in team and program ceremonies<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams are often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dominica-Degrandis\/e\/B0763GHGWG%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share\">overwhelmed with the amount of work<\/a> in their backlog. Consequently, there&#x2019;s not enough focus on sharing wins in team meetings, rather the primary focus is on blockers and challenges to delivery. 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