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S Steer · Monday briefing · May 4, 2026

Good morning, Jordan.

Three decisions need you this week. About 4 minutes. I drafted the messages for each one.

Org Health At Risk · 70% 3 healthy · 1 at risk · 1 critical ↓ 4 pts vs. Q1
Priorities

Actions this week

0 of 3 handled
1 Team Delta Decide now
Cut Sprint 5 commitment by 30% and book a director review.
Delivering 58% of what it commits, down 6 points since March.
Slack message to Priya Nair, Delta's lead
Why: Two engineers left in Q1 and were never replaced, but the team still plans as if they were here.
See Delta's numbers →
Nothing is sent until you send it.
2 Team Beta Delegate
Ask Beta's lead to refine the backlog before Sprint 5 planning.
Only 1.5 sprints of ready work, and planning is in 9 days.
Email to Marcus Lee, Beta's lead
Why: One 90-minute refinement now avoids a stalled planning session next week.
See Beta's numbers →
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3 Cross-team Bring to sync
Decide Friday: delay the billing migration, or lend Alpha an engineer.
Two Alpha stories have been blocked on Delta for 11 days.
Agenda item for Friday's leadership sync
Why: Delta is overloaded, so this will not move unless you decide the order.
See the blocked work →
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# Slack 1 draft
Hi Priya, before Friday's leadership sync I want to give you a heads-up: Delta's the focus this week, and it's about capacity, not your planning. the team has delivered under 70% of what it commits for three sprints, and I don't think it's fair to keep asking the team to commit at the old velocity after losing Sam and Theo. I'm proposing we re-baseline Sprint 5 down ~30% and talk backfill. Want 20 minutes Thursday to shape it together before the room?
Email 1 draft
Subject: Backlog refinement before Sprint 5 planning
Hi Marcus, heads-up that Beta's backlog readiness has dipped to ~1.5 sprints of ready work, and Sprint 5 planning is 9 days out. Could you run a 90-minute refinement with the team before then? That should get you back above two sprints of ready work and keep planning from stalling. If it helps, I can pull a candidate list of the stories that need grooming. Just say the word.
31 Calendar 2 drafts
Thu May 7 · 3:00–3:30 PM · with Maya Krishnan (Director) & Priya Nair
30-minute review of Delta's three-sprint CRR trend. Decide the Sprint 5 re-baseline (−30%) and whether to open backfill. I'll attach the brief and carry-over breakdown the morning of.
Fri May 8 · 10:00 AM · adds as item 3
Billing migration: Alpha blocked on Delta (11 days). Decide: (a) re-sequence the migration behind Delta's recovery, or (b) lend Alpha one engineer to unblock now. Blocked: ALPHA-214, ALPHA-219. Owner to confirm in the room.
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Quarterly Planning for Q3 begins in ~5 weeks.
Two sprints left in Q2, then the Bridge Sprint. Here's what to line up now so the QP room runs clean. I can prep each artifact in your prepped items.
Lock Q3 capacity before you commit
Delta's two open backfills and ~3 weeks of summer PTO land before Q3. Confirm real capacity so next quarter's commitments aren't built on headcount you don't have.
§3 — Pre-Planning & capacity →
Investment mix is drifting from target
KTLO crept to 34% this quarter (target 20–30%) while New Product sits at 28% (target 30–40%). Worth a rebalance decision in the QP room.
§9 — Investment mix targets →
3 of 7 Q3 initiatives aren't QP-ready
Their Strategy and Initiative tickets still need grooming before the room. I can list exactly what's missing per initiative so owners can close the gaps in time.
§4 — Quarterly Planning →
Carry-over risks to take to the QRR
Two risks are still Owned with none Mitigated. Surface them at the Quarterly Risk Review rather than discovering them mid-quarter.
§7 — Governance & the QRR →
Epsilon's PR review time ticked up to 19 hours this week. I'll flag it if it passes 24h or the trend holds three weeks. 19h · ↑ from 14h
Change failure rate, Gamma: one bad deploy Friday, recovered in 40 min. Noise for now. I'll raise it only if a second one lands this sprint. CFR 8% · within band
Alpha's onboarding: two new hires ramping; first PRs merged on day 4. Tracking to plan. I'll let you know if either stalls. on track
  • ✓ Team Gamma (90%): healthy across the board; AI suggestion-acceptance hit 41%, the highest in the org and finally showing up in throughput.
  • ✓ Team Alpha (80%): steady delivery, clean quality; the only watch item is the Delta dependency in action #3.
  • ✓ Team Epsilon (80%): commitment reliability back to 84% after last quarter's dip. Worth a word of recognition to the lead.
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