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Update Rule “disagreeing-with-powerful-stakeholders/rule” (#8209)
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Co-authored-by: Levi Jackson [SSW] <[email protected]>
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type: rule
title: Do you know how to disagree with powerful stakeholders?
title: Stakeholder Management - Do you know how to disagree with powerful stakeholders?
uri: disagreeing-with-powerful-stakeholders
authors:
- title: Adam Cogan
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url: https://ssw.com.au/people/piers-sinclair/
- title: Brady Stroud
url: https://ssw.com.au/people/brady-stroud/
related:
- fix-problems-quickly
- for-the-record
related:
- fix-problems-quickly
- for-the-record
created: 2024-03-21T04:59:07.597Z
guid: 2848c2b5-28cc-475f-ab24-0983f8d38b5a
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Disagreeing with powerful stakeholders can have a huge impact. It's always good to speak up, but a poorly worded disagreement can result in misalignment or frustration. That's why it's crucial to frame your messages in a way that ensures ideas are expressed effectively.

`youtube: https://youtu.be/FbtHJm8vFpE?si=GNBJdUdM3QNCpRmx&t=186`
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**Product Owner**: Sure!
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:::good
Good example - The Developer gives waring to the Product Owner to check if they are in a moment where they are ready to listen to a dissenting opinion
Good example - The Developer gives a warning to the Product Owner to check if they are in a moment where they are ready to listen to a dissenting opinion
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#### 3. Find a common target
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When talking with a powerful stakeholder it's vital to keep the conversation on track and focused on the issue itself. Here are several strategies you can use:

1. Ground yourself in logic
1. Avoid judgemental language
1. Express that it's your opinion
1. Leave it up to them
2. Avoid judgemental language
3. Express that it's your opinion
4. Leave it up to them

#### 1. Ground yourself in logic

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:::greybox
**Product Owner**: [See above]
**Product Owner**: \[See above]

**Developer**: In my opinion, it's better if we upgrade to .NET 8 this Sprint because it will help fix users' performance issues.
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