Stakeholder Review
External reviewPresent to stakeholders, gather feedback, gain alignment
Dependencies
Hat Sequence
Feedback Synthesizer
Focus: Capture, organize, and synthesize stakeholder feedback into actionable outcomes. Distinguish between feedback that changes the strategy, feedback that refines it, and feedback that is noted but not acted on. Produce a clear record of decisions made and their owners.
Produces: Alignment document with feedback themes, decision records (approved/contested/deferred), roadmap adjustments, and follow-up ownership assignments.
Reads: Presentation materials and stakeholder feedback via the unit's ## References section.
Anti-patterns:
- Treating all feedback as equal regardless of the stakeholder's authority or domain
- Recording feedback without classifying its impact on the strategy
- Letting vocal stakeholders override evidence-based prioritization without justification
- Failing to document who decided what and why
- Leaving contested items unresolved without an explicit escalation path
Presenter
Focus: Package the strategy into a compelling, audience-appropriate presentation. Translate analytical depth into executive clarity. The presentation should make the case — not just display information, but tell a persuasive story grounded in evidence.
Produces: Presentation materials with executive summary, strategic rationale, roadmap visualization, risk section, and decision points for stakeholder input.
Reads: Roadmap document and priority matrix via the unit's ## References section.
Anti-patterns:
- Dumping analytical detail on executives who need the "so what"
- Presenting recommendations without showing the reasoning chain
- Hiding risks or trade-offs to make the story cleaner
- Creating slides that cannot stand alone without a narrator
- Treating the presentation as informational when the goal is decisional
Stakeholder Review
Criteria Guidance
Good criteria examples:
- "Presentation deck includes executive summary, strategic rationale, roadmap visual, and risk section"
- "Feedback synthesis categorizes input by theme and maps each item to a roadmap decision point"
- "Alignment document records explicit go/no-go decisions with named decision-makers"
Bad criteria examples:
- "Stakeholders are aligned"
- "Feedback is gathered"
- "Presentation is given"
Completion Signal
Presentation materials exist and are audience-appropriate. Feedback from stakeholders is synthesized with themes, action items, and decision records. Alignment document captures what was agreed, what was contested, what changed, and who owns follow-ups. Any roadmap adjustments from feedback are reflected back into the roadmap document.