We put all planned and active tasks on a shared Asana project called the . Big Boards are responsible for clarifying and adding tasks to the board each week for the following week. We meet every Friday to review the whole board and put together a list of actionable, assigned tasks for “Next Week” that represent Cantilever’s commitments.
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Our planning methodology is derived from the classic agile SCRUM methodology translated to a week-by-week rhythm that is a better fit for an agency.
🔄 Workflow
On Monday…
- Team starts on the s for the current week
- Team finishes up any lingering s from the prior week
- sets up the for the weekBig Board
- sends out Asana update recapping last week and previewing this week.
Throughout The Week…
- Team works on their s, keeping the “status” field updated and asking for approvals when ready.
- s work with clients to define new
Strategists.Planned Project - s translates approvedProject Managers into s for the team. s go into the “Next Week” or “Backlog” list depending on their urgency.Project Plan
On Friday…
We conduct the and lock in the plan for Next Week. s which are not on the Weekly Planning Meeting by the time the meeting happens will not be allowed into the list for the next week. However, s do not need to be fully clarified by this time and can be “stubs”.Big Board