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Aligns the team on scope, objectives, milestones, and ownership before work begins.

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  1. Meridian Billing Migration
    1

    Everyone in the room already knows the project exists. Use this slide to say why it is happening now rather than next year.

  2. Why we are doing this now
    2

    The support deadline is the forcing function, but the pricing agility is the reason anyone will care once the deadline passes.

  3. What "done" means
    3

    These five are the acceptance criteria. If someone proposes work that does not move one of them, it is out of scope by definition.

  4. What is explicitly out of scope
    4

    Read this slide slowly. Every one of these has already been suggested, and each would add six weeks.

  5. Who owns what
    5

    One accountable name per row. If a decision needs two of these people it comes to the weekly, not to a thread.

  6. Twenty-two weeks in four phases
    6

    The parallel run is the phase people try to cut. It is also the only phase that proves correctness — protect it.

  7. Risks and how we handle them
    7

    Shift the tone here. The first half was the plan; this half is what could go wrong with it.

  8. The two risks that decide this project
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    Both risks were found by asking the last migration team what actually went wrong. Neither is hypothetical.

  9. How we will work
    9

    The 48-hour rule is the one worth repeating. Escalation is a process here, not a judgement about anyone.

  10. What we need from you in the next two weeks
    10

    Close with the asks, with dates. This is the slide people should photograph.

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