The AKAN Plan

AKAN who?
The Akan are an ancient African tribe. The Akan calendar is based on what the Akan call 'forty days’. Close examination of the cycle reveals forty-two different days, with the forty-third being the same as the first. (So it has inbuilt contingency!)

The objective of the plan is to manage what is to be achieved over the next 40 working days (basically the next two months) so as to get some focus.
The plan I have devised covers high level project status, Tasks and Strategic items. It details what is going to be delivered, when and by whom. We give the projects a risk rating within 1 to 5 based on likelihood of achieving the delivery.

What and when is committed to by the owner and the plan is shared across the department and reviewed regularly. It doesn't replace detailed programme plan or project reviews but gives a higher level view of what is happening.

It's a sort of I Can AKAN.!