Worked walkthrough: plan backward from first value

You sold a workforce-planning platform on the promise that regional managers will spot overtime risk before the Friday staffing call. The team now has a 40-item implementation list and no agreement on what phase one really includes. Work backward from the first-value event: define the proof, name the last prerequisite before that proof, then keep stepping backward until the phase-one path is visible. The common trap is to begin with every requested feature and assume anything mentioned in discovery belongs in phase one. That creates a task pile instead of a value path and usually inflates time-to-value. Step 1 Define…

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