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Team Alignment Mapping: The Backward Pass

Learn how the Backward Pass helps execute the mission
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Intermediate Provider Barry Davis  5 Lessons ·  13m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

Risks may be inevitable to some degree. But with collective foresight and planning by a team, many can be mitigated. The Backward Pass involves reviewing the joint resources and risks to eliminate them by transforming them into objectives. Since the entire team shares in the workflow and decision-making process, they can efficiently resolve and mitigate problems as a group. How can you prevent disruptions, address risks, and transform resources into actionable objectives? How can you foster better team communication, cultivate trust, promote respect, and encourage employee engagement?

In this Team Alignment Mapping: The Backward Pass course, you will learn how to transform identified resources and risks into actionable objectives. This course explains how to evaluate the resources needed, identify the team members responsible for providing those resources, and how team members will collaborate to succeed. By the end of this course, you will have the tools to turn potential problems into solutions.

What You'll Learn

  • Describe the benefits and methods of applying the Backward Pass
  • Analyze the process of examining the Forward Pass with a focus on joint risks and resources
  • Transform joint resources and joint risks into actionable objectives
  • Evaluate the resources needed and identify the team members responsible for providing them
  • Practice methods to establish team validation and organizational cohesion

Key Takeaways

  • The Backward Pass involves reviewing a team's joint resources and risks and eliminating risks by transforming them into objectives.
  • Because the entire team shares in the workflow and decision-making process, problems can be resolved and mitigated efficiently as a group.
  • The course explains how to evaluate the resources needed and identify which team members are responsible for providing them.
  • Applying these methods helps foster better team communication, cultivate trust, promote respect, and encourage employee engagement.
  • By the end of the course, learners have the tools to turn potential problems into solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn how to transform identified resources and risks into actionable objectives, how to evaluate the resources needed, identify the team members responsible for providing those resources, and how team members will collaborate to succeed.

What topics does the course cover?

The course covers an Introduction, Transforming the Joint Resources, Transforming the Joint Risks, and Team Validation, and includes a Test Your Knowledge section.

What is the Backward Pass?

The Backward Pass involves reviewing the joint resources and risks of a team to eliminate them by transforming them into objectives, with the entire team sharing in the workflow and decision-making process.

How does this course help with teamwork?

It explains how to foster better team communication, cultivate trust, promote respect, and encourage employee engagement, and includes methods to establish team validation and organizational cohesion.