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The right people, the right questions, the right way |
An Inception is a set of pre-delivery activities run collaboratively with cross-disciplinary teams, to make sure enough information is elicited to start delivery with the best possible chance of success. If Inceptions have just one job to do, it’s to de-risk delivery.
This range of activities includes (but is not limited to) validating and aligning on expected outcomes; clarifying scope; identifying dependencies; defining ways of working; exploring technical feasibility; and planning the subsequent delivery.
Ambitious initiatives need teams to work together well, and Inceptions are often the first opportunity a team has to meet: whether it’s the first time a client meets its supplier teams, or a distributed team coming together.
As we all know, successful relationships are built on empathy and trust and Inceptions are a great way to form real bonds and to create the foundation of trusted relationships.
Most importantly, by getting the right people in the room, and asking the right questions in the right way, we achieve alignment. Alignment on what we want to achieve, how we get there, which areas to treat with caution, and what the result will look like.