The way a company runs is run is called the business model or operating system. With a hat tip to our engineering background, Axelerant's operating system is simple. Through We bind people through all levels of the organization , we bind people through a common why, what, and how. The following are ways we apply them at Axelerant.
As an organization, we have a common purpose (why), a mission we align to (what), and shared cultural values (how)
A domain of authority bounds our departments and service areas, have has a shared mission (why), prioritized goals (what), and success metrics (how)
Project teams have a shared desired outcome (why), prioritized goals (what), and expectations (how)
A domain of authority bounds roles (why), core responsibilities (what), and verifiable expectations (how)
Through We unite our organization for success through the semantics of why, what, and how, we unite our organization for success.
Making Why/What/How Practical at Axelerant
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, introduced the V2MOM over 20 - years ago to focus their collective energy towards success via constant communication and complete alignment with the help of a management process based on aspects of Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles, and Measures.
Much of what we do in Axelerant’s day-to-day operations is defined by V2MOM documents that tie back to our Being Axelerant, and organizational objectives and /wiki/spaces/AH/pages/3510009928. Each domain and some smaller groups have a V2MOM they jointly work towards.
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Methods: Actions and steps to take to get the job done.
Obstacles: The We must overcome these challenges and issues we have to overcome to achieve the vision.
Measures: How we measure achievement.
These five V2MOM parts provide guide us a guide of on where we are going and help us understand how to get there in line with our simplified business modeling.
Why in vision
What encapsulates values and methods
How of obstacles and measures
Why Use V2MOMs?
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Each domain should have a shared, high-level strategy document as part of its service handbook. This document serves as is the glue for a group's mission and underlying framework towards https://axelerant.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OA/pages/1447493744/Being+Axelerant#Decision-Making.
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