Align connects what you intend with what your organization must be able to do—and shows you where to focus first.
01 · Declare
Define the decision
Make the intended future and the major decision under consideration explicit.
02 · Bound
Define the organization involved
Identify the people, teams, systems, and external dependencies whose states and actions matter.
03 · Observe
Establish current conditions
Collect evidence about decision authority, traceability, constraints, failure containment, and adaptation.
04 · Compare
Make the gap visible
Compare current capability with what successful delivery of the decision will require.
05 · Focus
Direct your attention
Reveal what is most likely to prevent delivery and what must be coordinated as the work proceeds.
06 · Learn
Reassess over time
Preserve what was observed and decided, then update the view as conditions and priorities evolve.