Onboard your team in Howwe

What conditions create an optimal onboarding?

We suggest that leaders should work with Howwe as a member of a team for at least a couple of weeks before implementing the method in the next team below. By being a member of a team, you learn:

• What a good Most Important Goal is, such as it being measurable, can be influenced by the team and in support of goals that exist in the team above
• How an Acceleration Meeting is conducted
• How Howwe sprint works
• The importance of planning upcoming sprints and how to achieve a strategic significance in the Key Activities added to the sprint
• How to tag Key Activities in the sprint against the Company Initiatives that the team will contribute to

The process step by step:

1. Complete this course. This course teaches you everything you need to know about getting started with Howwe in your team.
2. Check that the new team is set up correctly in Howwe.
3. Invite all team members to Howwe. All new members take the Introductory Course in Howwe Academy.
4. Hold a workshop with the team: Aim: To create your first Key Activity plan.
5. Check-in with Howwe Customer Success.
6. You hold your first Acceleration Meeting with the team.

In order to get ready for your workshop with your team: 

Log in to Howwe and ensure that the team you want to onboard is correctly set up. Contact Customer Success via the chat in Howwe or email (help@howwe.io) if something is missing or you need help.

The following should be in place before you book your workshop with the team:

• The team box appears with the correct name and in the correct place on the Acceleration Board in Howwe
• The team has correct Most Important Goals set up. See our guide for more information.

If everything looks good in Howwe, it’s time to invite the members of your team:

• Enter all members to the team in Howwe. Learn how.
• Everyone should have the role “sprintadmin” to be able to create and edit Key Activities in the Sprint.
• Send the sign-up link to all members, as well as the link to the Introduction course in Howwe. Tip: copy the text below and email to members.

Suggested email to the team:

Soon our team will start using Howwe, a tool for digital goal execution. As a first step, I would like to ask you to register your account in Howwe:

Go to https://app.howwe.io/signup. After registration, you will receive a verification email. Click on the link in the email. Once in Howwe you can see our team if you click on My Team in the navigation at the top.

Important! Then go to https://academy.howwe.io/. There you will find the introductory course and can learn more about the way of working in Howwe. Everyone must have taken this introductory course before our joint workshop.

During your workshop, we suggest the following agenda:

1. First, you show the WHY page in Howwe and talk about why management has chosen to implement Howwe as a tool to support the implementation of the company strategy
2. Next, you open the management team in Howwe and show which Most Important Goals are at the top: These are the goals the entire organization is striving for
3. Then show the Most Important Goals in your team and explain how they support the goals in the team above and ultimately the goals in the management team.
4. And then you also show the company initiatives that the management team has chosen, with extra focus on the sub-initiatives that your team are expected to contribute to
5. With the information above fresh in mind, it’s time to start creating the Key Activities that will lead to you making progress towards the goals and contributing to the company initiatives. Start creating Key Activities now, using the Sprint Planning view in Howwe.

This is how you know that you are done:

• You are satisfied with the Key Activities you have included in the Sprint and feel confident that they will create an effect in achieving your Most Important Goals and contribute to the initiatives.
• The activities are distributed across the team, i.e. it is not a single person who is expected to do everything.
• The Key Activities in the Sprint are of a strategic nature and will lead to an improvement in the team, i.e. they are aimed at enhancing the team rather than focusing on routine operational tasks. Quality over quantity is key – prioritize a few impactful activities

After your workshop with your team, we propose a check-in with one of Howwe’s Customer Success managers. Click here to book. 

The Acceleration Meeting helps you keep focus on completing these activities and utilizing the entire team to contribute to the plan.

Your final steps:

• Naturally, you schedule the Acceleration Meeting recurring throughout the year in everyone’s calendar!
• Show your team how to report progress and talk about your expectations regarding reporting.
• Book 2h for sprint planning before each new quarter

So, you have now learned how to get started with Howwe in your team in an optimal way.

What happens now? Now you should download our manual “Getting started with Howwe” and simply follow all the steps that are in this manual. Contact us if you get stuck or have a question. Good luck!