# For Delivery and Programme Leads --- title: For Delivery and Programme Leads author: Bas den Uijl date: 2026-05-23 tags: - owlery - path - delivery - programme source-type: path summary: A practical Owlery route for delivery and programme leads managing dependencies, decision delay, coordination load, risk timing, planning quality, and stakeholder translation. confidence: high last-updated: 2026-05-23 --- ## Summary This route is for delivery leads, programme leads, project leads, and people who carry dependency visibility, planning quality, coordination, risk timing, and stakeholder translation. Use Owlery to reduce decision delay, make dependencies discussable, and turn late surprises into earlier signals. ## Common situations ### When work is moving but not finishing Run [[Readiness to Flow Check (12 min)]]. Then explore [[When Work Looks Busy but Does Not Move]] and [[Flow Readiness and Cognitive Load Map]]. ### When dependencies keep becoming surprises Run [[Dependency Handshake Upgrade (15 min)]]. Then explore [[When Coordination Work Is Invisible]]. ### When coordination depends on invisible middle work Run [[Coordination Function Map (25 min)]]. Then explore [[Invisible Middle Work]] and [[Team Cognitive Load and Coordination Burden Map]]. ### When technical debt is becoming system debt Run [[Debt Classification and Repayment Canvas]]. Then explore [[When Technical Debt Is Really System Debt]] and [[System Debt Map]]. ### When urgency overwhelms planning quality Run [[Rhythm Mismatch Review (12 min)]]. Then explore [[When Urgency Collapses Learning]] and [[Temporal Operating Rhythm Map]]. ## Useful maps - [[Flow Readiness and Cognitive Load Map]] - [[Team Cognitive Load and Coordination Burden Map]] - [[Governance Autonomy and Power Map]] - [[System Debt Map]] - [[Knowledge Travel Map]] ## Good first rule Do not treat every late surprise as a team planning issue. Ask what signal, decision, dependency, or specialist knowledge entered the system too late. ## See also - [[Start Here by Role]] - [[For Leaders and Sponsors]] - [[What Hurts Today]]