Last Responsible Moment

Instead of giving an answer, you ask an open question. “Let’s ask a different question,” you say. “When do we need to decide by?”

“By the time we start the next sprint,” suggests Ben.

“That makes it first thing next Monday,” says Matt.

”I suppose that gives us time to go through the requirements together for options 5 and 6 tomorrow morning,” says Cassandra. She looks to Patrick, and he nods.

Cassandra continues, “I’ll reschedule my meetings so that I can be with the team from nine to twelve o’clock tomorrow. Will that help?”

“Definitely!” say William and Roger together.

Once this decision-making approach has been agreed on, the team talks Cassandra through the details of option 4. While it isn’t the business’s ...

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