Identifying and Communicating Technical Risks to Business Stakeholders

One of the challenges highlighted in the podcast was the difficulty tech leads faced in communicating technical risks and technical depth to non-technical stakeholders. To address this, they implemented a process of collecting technical risks and visualizing them on a diagram based on impact and effort. They then prioritized the risks, coached the tech leads, and focused on clearly communicating the business impact of those technical initiatives. By aligning technical objectives with business objectives, they were able to plan and work on these technical risks alongside feature development, improving overall communication and collaboration between the technical and non-technical teams.