How to Speed Up Your Team
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SPEED UP YOUR TEAM
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Low Quality + Long Hours + Frantic Effort = ?
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Awareness + Smarts + Discipline = Speed
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WHAT IS SPEED?
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Speed = Throughput + Cycle Time
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THROUGHPUT = Number of cars this highway can “process.”
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CYCLE TIME =
How long will it take this guy to get coffee?
Amount of time each person has to wait.
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INFLUENCING SPEED
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Quality | Hours | Pace
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Maximize Throughput
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Maximize Throughput
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Maximize Throughput
Slack
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1) Introduce Slack (to maximize throughput)
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1) Introduce Slack (to maximize throughput)
2) Shorten Queues (to minimize cycle time)
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HOW DOES THIS WORK FOR SOFTWARE?
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WIP Limit =4
Limit Work In Process (WIP)
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Limit Work In Process (WIP)
WIP Limit =4
<- Requirements Features ->
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1) Limit WIP (to introduce slack)
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Shorten Queues
WIP Limit =4
<- Requirements Features ->
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Shorten Queues
WIP Limit =4
<- Requirements Features ->
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Shorten Queues
might will
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Commitment
1) Limit WIP (to introduce slack)
2) Delay Commitment (to shorten queues)
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PROCESSES & TOOLS
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Why don’t we just add more people?
Expense & Complexity
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Adding human-power to a late software project
makes it later.
— Brooks’ Law —
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Make decisions closest to the point of activity.
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Make decisions closeto the point of activity.
1) … focus on only a few items at a time.
2) … selectively commit to new work.
Empowered Teams who …
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Small Teams with Clear Accountabilities making
Collaborative Decisions.
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Integrative Decision Making (IDM) (holacracy.org/governance-meetings)
Pro-Tip #1
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Cadenced Planning using Value-Based Requirements and Economic Prioritization.
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Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) (scaledagileframework.com/wsjf/)
Pro-Tip #2
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Warmth
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competence
war
mth
Pro-Tip #3
@bobgower | @citrusbytesource: Presence by Amy Cuddy
Trust & Respect
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EXTRA STUFF
Selected Bibliography• The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald G. Reinertsen • Managing the Design Factory by Donald G. Reinertsen • The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni • Velocity by Dee Jacob, Suzan Bergland, Jeff Cox • The Goal: by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford • Presence by Amy Cuddy
Geek productivity at work
how non-geeks think it works
how it actually works
sampling points likely to used by non-geeks to get a general picture of how geeks work
effect of a 5-min interruption (or a meeting!)
recovery
5 min
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