Managing a project is about more than just tracking the work. Your project teams have diverse skill sets, report to different managers, and may even have different visions of what to deliver. How's a project manager supposed to wrangle their team and deliver the goods without losing their mind? That's where the Team Playbook comes in. From making sure you're building the right thing, to building team harmony, there are loads of project management plays. Join Sarah Goff-Dupont, Atlassian Principal Writer and Alastair Simpson, Head of Atlassian Design, Platform, Mobile & Comms, as they dive into what exactly these plays are and how they've helped various Atlassian teams master their project management. Whether you're a career project manager, or a project just "landed on your plate", you'll walk away with a game plan for keeping morale and quality high, and bottlenecks to a minimum.

1. Winning at Project
Management
with the Team Playbook
ALASTAIR SIMPSON | DESIGN LEAD | ATLASSIAN | @ALANSTAIRS
SARAH GOFF-DUPONT | PRINCIPAL WRITER | ATLASSIAN | @DEVTOOLSUPERFAN

2. you are now witnessing the “oh crap” moment

3. you are now witnessing the “lightbulb” moment

4. Important
things
Goals and priorities
Making decisions
Roles and ownership
Effective communication

5. Goals and priorities
Making decisions
Roles and ownership
Effective communication
Important
things

6. Troubleshoot
common
pain points
better.
Manage
projects
better, phase
by phase.
SARAH’S GOALS ALASTAIR’S GOALS

8. Goals,
Signals, and
Measures

9. Goals are about outcomes –
not output.

10. TRY GOALS, SIGNALS, AND MEASURES
Why
Make sure you’re focused, and
that you know what success
looks like.
When
Run this play at the beginning
of your project.
Who
Involve your core project team,
plus your executive sponsor.
Please remember
You don’t always need the line or text at all.

11. Problem
Framing

12. TRY PROBLEM FRAMING
Please remember
You don’t always need the line or text at all.
Why
Explore a problem space so you
know what you’re solving for.
When
Run this play at the beginning
of your project.
Who
Your core project team, plus a
few stakeholders. More
perspectives = better problem
definition!

13. Goals and priorities
Making decisions
Roles and ownership
Effective communication
Important
things

14. DACI

15. TRY A DACI
Please remember
You don’t always need the line or text at all.
Why
Define roles in a group
decision.
When
Any time a high-stakes or high-
impact decision comes up.
Who
Your project team, sponsor,
SMEs, and stakeholders.
Confluence
Blueprint
available!

16. A Designer and a
Product Manager Walk
into a Bar…
Alastair Simpson
Design Lead, Atlassian
TOMORROW, 11:30 AM, GRAND BALLROOM 220A
Sherif Mansour
Principal Product Manager, Atlassian

17. TRY A DACI
Please remember
You don’t always need the line or text at all.
Why
Define roles in a group
decision.
When
Any time a high-stakes or high-
impact decision comes up.
Who
Your project team, sponsor,
SMEs, and stakeholders.
Confluence
Blueprint
available!

18. Goals and priorities
Making decisions
Roles and ownership
Effective communication
Important
things

19. Health
Monitor

20. TRY A HEALTH MONITOR
Why
Define roles in a group
decision.
When
Any time a high-stakes or high-
impact decision comes up.
Who
Your project team, sponsor,
SMEs, and stakeholders.
Confluence
Blueprint
available!

21. Project teams
3 types of Health Monitors
Service teamsLeadership teams

22. Stand-up

23. TRY STAND-UP
Why
Avoid dropping balls or
stepping on each others’ toes.
When
Daily (or so), throughout the
project.
Who
Your core project team.

24. Goals and priorities
Making decisions
Roles and ownership
Effective communication
Important
things

25. Sparring

26. TRY SPARRING
Why
Get peer feedback and inspire
new ideas.
When
While the work is still a work-
in-progress.
Who
Your project team, creative
thinkers, subject-area experts.

27. Project
Poster

28. TRY PROJECT POSTERS
Please remember
You don’t always need the line or text at all.
Why
Refine your thinking and share
info with stakeholders.
When
Throughout the “envisioning”
phase.
Who
Your project team, sponsor, and
stakeholders.
Confluence
Blueprint
available!

29. you are now witnessing the “wrap it up” moment

30. Thank you!
ALASTAIR SIMPSON | DESIGN LEAD | ATLASSIAN | @ALANSTAIRS
SARAH GOFF-DUPONT | PRINCIPAL WRITER | ATLASSIAN | @DEVTOOLSUPERFAN