Tilting the Triangle

@bartvermijlen | Feweb Congress 2015

Goal

Understand why agile and lean work.

Evangelize with a simple metaphor.

Detect possible opportunities to implement new practices.

Without talking (too much) about agile and lean.

Overview

1_ Intro

2_ What is tilting the triangle?

3_ General principles

4_ How to tilt the triangle?

1_ Intro

Goal

Understand why agile and lean work.

Detect possible opportunities to implement new practices.

Without talking about agile and lean.

2_ What is tilting the triangle?

_ crisis meetings_ escalations_ angry CEO_ client fear_ arguments_ ...

The Uphill Triangle

The Downhill Triangle

The magic happens

3_ General principles

From Push to Pull

First what is important, then what is urgent.

First what is important.

Making the implicit explicit.

4_ How to tilt the triangle?

Number 1 enemy for every project/process/company

Procrastination by working

(Scrum)boardsVisualize WIP

Daily Standups

Burndowns

DoD²

(Definition of Done) x (Demo or Die)

alpha → beta → release candidate → QA

Silos

User Stories

Shared Scope of Work (Minimum Viable Way)

Summary

Actively pull risks in early in your project.

Via practices that enforce_ Transparency_ Inspection_ Adaptation

Tilt_ Your personal triangle (time mgmt)_ Your project triangle_ Your organisation triangle

Q&A@bartvermijlen

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