The eight-week plan

Your contribution, week by week.

8 weeks · 5 work areas

Start with the objective and the contribution you’ve agreed to own. Choose a work area to explore its eight-week examples; you can use more than one area. These are ways to distribute the work, not five required positions. If you join an existing team, review what is already in place with the person coordinating it.

Each week explains the goal, what you need before starting and how to carry out the work. Use the example to understand the level of detail, then copy the working outline into your team’s document and fill it with your own information. The review at the end helps you identify what you have completed and what still needs attention.

The original goals are reference examples. Agree the relevant deliverables, targets and timing for your contribution before starting. If an input is unavailable, record the actual situation and agree the next action. Moving between areas or weeks on this page does not assign or complete work.

Contribution area

Reference goals across eight weeks