Learn to find, visualise and actively manage the cross-team and cross-system dependencies that quietly sink IT delivery. Build a dependency map at planning time so hidden hand-offs surface as decisions, not as missed dates.
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What you'll learn
- Distinguish internal from external dependencies and explain why dependencies stay invisible until they cause a missed date
- Build a cross-team dependency map at planning time rather than discovering dependencies during execution
- Track and actively manage dependencies through delivery using a RAID log and clear ownership
- Diagnose a delivery blocked by an unflagged shared service and redesign the plan to catch it earlier
- Produce a one-page Cross-Team Dependency Map for a real initiative
Syllabus
Why Dependencies Wreck Delivery
The invisible dependency problemFree preview
Internal versus external dependencies
Mapping Dependencies at Planning Time
What a dependency map is
Building the map at planning time
Managing Dependencies in Real Delivery
Tracking and actively managing dependencies
Case study — the release blocked by a shared auth service
Making Dependency Management Stick
Building your Cross-Team Dependency Map
Common traps in dependency management