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Cat Herding,or the art of agile portfolio managementDave Sharrock
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Characteristics of High Performing Teams
Attributes of a high-performing team
Killers of a high-performing team
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agile teams and small organizations
get things done
by creating an environment where good practices are easy to do
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communicationsmall, dedicated cross-functional teams
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communication
focus
small, dedicated cross-functional teams
product owner, ordered backlog
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22% of teams have no product owner
http://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/state-of-scrum-report
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communication
focus
transparency
small, dedicated cross-functional teams
Product Owner, ordered backlog
simple, big visible charts show progress
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From scattering like cats...
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...to flocking like birds
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Size and complexity breakdown these constraints
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departmental silossingle-points-of-failuredeath by committee
communication
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distractionsinformal networks
project inertia
communication
focus
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communication
focus
transparency
mixed languagelocal success optimization
illusions of progress
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Flocking birds follow simple rules that create coherent, synchronized behavior in a mass of individuals
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3 simple principles to encourage
flocking without herding
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Have a shared understanding of success
1. FOCUS ON THE WHOLE
shared KPIs, metrics, goals
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Have a shared understanding of success
1. FOCUS ON THE WHOLE
shared KPIs, metrics, goals
get out of the way - doers talk with doers
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Have a shared understanding of success
1. FOCUS ON THE WHOLE
shared KPIs, metrics, goals
get out of the way - doers talk with doers
cascade priorities down from the top
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component #3component #1
component #2
experience #1 experience #2
Priority #2 Priority #1
the customer
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2. DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
Shorten feedback cycles
automation
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2. DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
Shorten feedback cycles
automation
integrate much more often
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2. DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
Shorten feedback cycles
automation
integrate much more often
make many more small changes
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Compare apples to apples
normalize what you look at
3. MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE
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Requirements hierarchy
release = ∑ featuresfeature = ∑ epics
epic = ∑ storiesstory = ∑ tasks
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Terminology, really?
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Compare apples to apples
normalize what you look at
set a relevant cadence to review changes
3. MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE
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TO DO DOING DONE
Swim lanesartif
acts
set an appropriate cadence
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Compare apples to apples
normalize what you look at
3. MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE
set a relevant cadence to review changes
get the right people in the room
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From uncontrollable cats to flocking birds...
focus on the whole
deliver as fast as possible
make progress visible
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Portfolio Management?
getting the right thing done at the right price
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Daily
Sprint
Release
Roadmap
Vision5 levels of planning
agile/lean
scrum
xp
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Pilots not project managers
trained to get you out of trouble tracking a lot of
dials and data
but leave it on autopilot 90% of
the time
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focus on the wholedeliver as fast as possiblemake progress visible
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3 simple principles to encourage flocking without herding
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