Keeping alignment over time
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keep stakeholders aligned as the solution and the organization change.
Planned topics
- Alignment decays: people rotate, priorities shift, and early agreements are forgotten.
- Keep a short decision log visible to all; reopen a decision only with new facts.
- Regular touchpoints (steering, design forums, one-to-ones) with a standing "what changed" item.
- Surface bad news early and with options; late surprises cost trust.
- At each phase boundary, re-check the map and the engagement plan.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a monthly alignment cycle for Larkspur: refresh stakeholder map, review decision log, share a one-page status, hold one-to-ones with the three highest-risk stakeholders.
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When should a settled decision be reopened?
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When new facts or constraints materially change its basis, not because someone dislikes it.
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