Ag03 agile culture - dnc14 handouts
-
Upload
dotnetcampus -
Category
Technology
-
view
72 -
download
2
Transcript of Ag03 agile culture - dnc14 handouts
AGILE CULTURE@andreaprovaglio
WHAT I DO
I help IT organizations to find and implement better ways of doing business.
I coach teams and individuals who want to improve technically and relationally.
In 20+ years in IT, I had clients in three continents and a U.S. work visa for “extraordinary abilities in Sciences”.
WHAT WE’LL TALK ABOUT
• Cultural Change
• Ephemeralization
•Dealing with Uncertainty
• The Agile Approach
The Agile TriangleCultural change for organizations and individuals
Transparency
Feedback Self-organization
Continuous improvement
Sustainable growth
Valuecreation
EPHEMERALIZATION
“Do more and more with less and less until you can do everything with nothing”
-- Richard Buckminster Fuller-- Richard Buckminster Fuller
For instance...
“Do more and more with less and less until you can do everything with nothing”
“Do more and more with less and less until you can do everything with nothing”
“Do more and more with less and less until you can do everything with nothing”
How much does it take to modify this keyboard layout?
And this?
Moving Targets
For us, change is generally easier compared to physical goods.
Users rightly ask for it, in response to changing conditions in their world.
Asymmetrical Payoffs"When we make much more money from success than we lose from failure, then we should be willing to invest in opportunities that have considerably less than a 50 percent chance of success."
-- Donald G. Reinertsen
Misplaced Expectations
Things will not change
Predictable financial payoffs
DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY
Interconnected World
In 2012, CERN LHCb antimatter experiment in Geneva was slowed down by Thailand floods.
Forecasts
NOAAGianfranco
Which one do you trust more? and why?
A Curious Fact
We forecast the weather, but we estimate the time
and cost for developing a new,
ephemeral product.
Hint: try rolling forecasts instead (Siemens use them)
Predictability vs. Adaptability
A Roadmap? Nah.
A Roadmap Gives OptionsA Roadmap Gives OptionsEven better with real-time status updates.
Impact Maps Give OptionsImpact Maps Give OptionsValidate hypothesis with fail-
fast, fail-safe experiments
THE AGILE APPROACH
Knowledge Workers
Workers whose main capital is knowledge.
What differentiates knowledge work [...] is its primary task of
"non-routine" problem solving that requires a
combination of convergent, divergent, and creative thinking.
The Team is our Basic Unit of Work
Hint: refrain from micro-managing individuals
Knowledge Work Organizations
Knowledge
WorkVisualization
Feedback
Measuring Queues
Limiting WIPMeasuring what really matters
Organizational Culture
Roles
Collaboration
Self-organizationLearning
Soft SkillsDeep Dialogue
A Knowledge Work Leader...
Facilitates deep understanding
Values diversity Fosters an healthy ecosystem
Protects
Is a steward of organization’s resources for the greater good
Encourages trust and learning
Heroes, Dictators, Prima Donnas and Masters of Puppets Don’t Belong Here
...??
!
Personal Responsibility is an Essential Quality
Hint: Check out Christopher Avery's Responsibility Process
Our Dear Old Inefficiencies
Time
Cost
Scope
...?
and BTW, where is your “WHY”?
A Different Model
Options
Vision
Rolling forecasts
Rolling forecasts
Moving targets
In Short...
Challenge your expectations
Leverage Uncertainty, cultivate Vision
Understand and foster social units of work
Measure what really matters
THANK YOU!
LinkedIn Twitter Slideshare
http:// andreaprovaglio.com
Also on:
QUESTIONS?