Using simulation modeling for
accelerating large lean
transformation
Nikita Filippov Askhat
Urazbaev
ScrumTrek
Gleb Zahodyakin
Nikita Filippov
Askhat Urazbaev
What is the hardest problem of
agile adoption?
Selling ideas to…
• Business
• Teams
• Management
Excuses
“Due to some historical reasons…”
“We are already working this way”
“Agile is for <any other>, but we are
special..”
“Yes, it should work, but not in my
company”
How to prove that <Agile>
works?
It’s all about a model
• s
It’s all about a model
• s
Mental model
Selling ideas is
transiting mental
model
If team is not able to focus
on a feature, it will cause…
A. Unstable Velocity
B. Huge Cycle Time
C. Both
Magic Spreadsheet
• Pilot project
• “Stable” requirements
• 6 sprints => 7 sprints
Types of models
Mental models
Physical models
Diagrams Spreadsheets
Formulas
System dynamics
Brooks’s Law
http://sunset.usc.edu/people/ray/spd/
http://www.runthemodel.com/models/run.php?popup=1&id=1970&authKey=ZWrZDjZn6cyh3XoRY2vb
Large WIP problem
Single
priority
• Improves
cycle time for
some projects
• But makes
bottleneck
even worth
Pull system
• Improves Cycle
Time
• Decreases
Multitasking
Simulation model
• Shows everything in dynamics
• Explains ideas
• Validates decisions
• Is easy to believe in
• Is really cool thing to play with
http://www.anylogic.ru
Thanks! Questions?