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Agile

Agile is Risk Mgmt

Uncertainty: Ranges

Does not predict all risks upfront

-Inspect and adapt

-Fast feedback allows adjustment

-More frequent checkpoints reduce risk

-Communicate uncertainty in ranges

-Backlog grooming in ranges

-First day you know the least.

Wait until last responsible moment

to make critical decisions, when

cost of waiting = cost of not deciding

Top range = will get

Mid-range = might get

Low range = may not get

6-9 mo vs. 6-12 mo

Run Away from 'What Went Well' Retro

Games:

StarFish

-5 lined star with 5 areas

-Keep, More, Less, Stop, Start

-Each team member puts a comment

in each area

-Group stickies into themes

-Actionable items

-Good for teams with members who

don't speak up

-Anytime, anywhere

5 min social, truth comes out

-Set the Stage

gather data, generate insights,

decide what to do, close retro

-Keys to success

everyone participate, self organized

Actionable outcomes: SMART

-Make it FUN

Games: Pictures

Transfer Actionable Items to New Behavior

-Various pictures from magazines

-Everyone pics a pic

-Everyone talks about what their pic

means to them

-Determine list at actionable items

-What are we going to commit to change?

-Create change/learning story for change

-Create knowledge wiki for our group

(searchable)

-Create risk spreadsheet (searchable)

Timeline

Games: Sailboat

-Weeks

-Months

-Longer

-Team=on the boat

-Anchors=problems slowing us down

-Rocks= danger ahead

How to Talk to an Executive

-What are their pain points

-Look at Value and ROI

instead of budget, time, scope

-Say a lot in a few words

-Don't assume they know what you do

-Have conversation with the right people

-Exec's: data driven=30%, big pic=70%

-SUCCESS=moving to the next step

-Look for win/win

Don't

-Push

-Get emotional

-Use buzz words

-Ask a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ question – always

open ended

-Complain or whine

-Promise if you can’t guarantee

-Go without data (2nd conversation)

-Insult them or the organization

-Make them feel silly

-Be too wimpy – have confidence,

make it work …

s/he is listening to you

Following the PM

Kanban

-Is Evolutionary

-Boards can vary

-About WIP

-Visualization is essential for communication

-Visual board shows empty areas

-Focus on fewer tasks

-Improve flow at bottlenecks

-Storymaps and priority

"The PM is perfectly placed to find the waste"

PM (q) vs PM (Q)

Project focused Pattern focused

Box Checker Lean thinker

Reporter Transformational

Siloed Holistic

In the box Out of the box

Change control Embracing change

Lagging indicators Leading indicators

7 Lean Wastes:

WIP

-Defects

-Inventory

-Over Production

-Transportation

-Over Processing

-Motion

-Waiting

-Keep under control (SM)

-Less traffic gets thru quicker (I25)

-Scaling up = plan for additional defect

Lean Tools

-MBWA: Management

by walking around

-Genchi: Go and see

-OH No circle

Incentive PM

-Autonomy: include time to fix

-Mastery: training, toolkit

-Purpose: waste removal,

helping other PMs, etc

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