Just in-time decision making

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Just-in-Time Decision Making Including 3 well-known secrets Presented by Johan Karlsson, Hansoft

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Just-in-Time Decision MakingIncluding 3 well-known secrets

Presented by Johan Karlsson, Hansoft

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STRUCTUREFOR AUTONOMY

CADENCE &FLOW

DATA &METRICS

JUST-IN-TIME DECISION MAKING

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Why do we place clocks on our most important buildings

for decision making?

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The Usual BlockerDETAILED FIXED YEARLY BUDGETS

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Vs.

When is Just-in-Time for Decisions in Software

Development?

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Just-in-Time

As late as possible?

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One Challenge

DemandNeedsRequirements

Teams pull when there is capacity

ProductBacklog

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www.hansoft.com/releasetrain

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Value Adding Work

ts

Promise First DeliveryNeed

tp

Do we understand:The actual need?

Potential business value & probability of realizing that value?

True capacity?

td

Start

* Scale not true to reality

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Timing differs for:

TeamsProducts / ProjectsPortfolios / Executives

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Convergence & Divergence

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Option A

Option A1

Option A2 Option

A3

Option A4

Option A3

ConvergenceDivergenceConvergence

Customers / Portfolio

Product / Project

TeamsIndividuals

VendorsEtc…

See: “Fixing Portfolio Management” by Pawel Brodzinski (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_pr1KhSXgw)“My 40 Year-Old Corporation Can Pivot Faster than You” by Jabe Bloom (https://vimeo.com/63911163)

Commitment

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Secret 1: Identify right time to stop diverging

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Convergence & Divergence

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Option AOption

A3

Pick 1 Featureas late as possible

Product Backlog

See: “My 40 Year-Old Corporation Can Pivot Faster than You” by Jabe Bloom (https://vimeo.com/63911163)

Commitment

Listen to the customer

Do it

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Convergence & Divergence

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Option A

Option A1

Option A2

Option A4

Option A3

Test “10” Options

Pick 1 Feature

Product Backlog Contradictory( Concurrent )

See: “My 40 Year-Old Corporation Can Pivot Faster than You” by Jabe Bloom (https://vimeo.com/63911163)

Commitment

Choose the most successful based

on data and product vision

Option A5

Option A6

Option A7

Option A8

Option A9

Option A10

ValidateExplore

Option A4

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??? days

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Secret 2a: Hard Max and soft Min limits

Secret 2b: Stack Rank on all levels

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Issue

Principles of stack ranking everywhere

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

1

2

3

4MAX

MIN?

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Secret 3: Options have best before dates

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The value of options are like carsP

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tial V

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bilit

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Time

Potential New Feature

Kill line

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Easy with fixed date situationsP

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bilit

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Time

Fixed Date

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Summary

Agile / Lean Frameworks

Outcome: shorten time from commitment to

delivery.

Explore

Converge to keep options as long as you can.

Outcome: Disruptive features

Automate with Reason

Use scientific method, with trust for your data

Outcome: The decision process is consistent and drives the product in the

right direction

1. Right time to stop diverging – dare to explore!

2. Limits + stack rank everywhere3. Options have best before dates

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Thank you!Johan [email protected]