Facts, Feelings, and Forecasts: A framework for sharing actionable, useful, and accurate status.

"Teams often report progress using a ‘Red – Amber – Green” (RAG) framework in which Red indicates a current problem, Amber indicates a potential problem, Green indicates no problems. Unfortunately, this overly simplistic approach fails to provide teams with a means to communicate their expectations of the future, often inadvertently creating a misleading summary of progress - commonly known as ‘watermelon status’ - ‘green on the outside, red on the inside.

The "Facts and Feelings" framework offers a process and language for sharing actionable, useful, and accurate status based on what we know (Facts) and what we think might happen next (Feelings or Forecasts).It enables teams to share useful, decision-relevant information that gives leaders a better chance to more fully support their teams or help them respond effectively to challenges.

This paper will cover facts, feelings, and and how to use them."

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Excerpt from the introduction of “Facts, Feelings, and Forecasts: A framework for sharing actionable, useful, and accurate status." by Luke Hohmann
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To dive deeper into this topic and explore how Facts, Feelings, and Forecasts framework can enable teams to share useful, decision-relevant information that gives leaders a better chance to more fully support their teams or help them respond effectively to challenges, you can read the full article by Luke Hohmann here: READ FULL ARTICLE ➡️