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The Situation
The Situation
When I took ownership of a platform migration, I walked into an active standstill. The engineering team wanted to decommission the legacy database immediately to cut maintenance costs. The operations team refused to move because they believed the new platform was missing critical functionality. Both sides had dug in, and the impasse was threatening our launch timeline — and with it, mission continuity.
What I Did
What I Did
Rather than arbitrate between the two teams, I facilitated a structured value-mapping workshop where every requested feature was plotted on a grid of business value versus technical effort.
Rather than arbitrate between the two teams, I facilitated a structured value-mapping workshop where every requested feature was plotted on a grid of business value versus technical effort.
Armed with that insight, I brokered a direct trade-off. We moved the UI personalization feature to the following quarter and fast-tracked the data-export module into the current sprint. In exchange, operations committed to a firm decommissioning date for the legacy system. Both teams got the outcome they actually needed.
The Outcome
The Outcome
90 days
Time to full adoption
0
Mission downtime
1
Sprint to resolve 3-mo standstill
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