Fifty Shades of governance
David MorrisBA Development Day 2012
do you find governance sexy?
timesunion/tablehopping/valentinesday
meet Fred
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bringing sexy back … to projects
vettri/terryrichardson/justintimberlakefuturesexlovesounds
topics
gover-what?what we are talking about
the fifty shadeswhen projects go bump in the night
lean governanceIntroducing ARGYLE, the sexy new look for projects
GOVER-WHAT?
WHAT GOVERNANCE IS
Governance means the laws, policies, rules, and processes of
how we run our countries …
shutterstock/grahamprentice/beehive
… how we run our state or city
photobucket/gcholman/schwarzenegger
I told you I’d be back
… how we operate our businesses
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… in fact, it’s how all our processes are regulated and controlled
paper/davidjcmorris/IDEF0
… that includes change processes
cpsu/dmo/changemanagement
… in other words governance is how everything is regulated, not especially projects ... however, this talk is about how it applies to change initiatives and projects
… balancing delegation of authority with assurance it is wielded wisely
authority
assurances
oversight and support is many-layered …
many opportunities for ‘bloat’
paper/davidjcmorris/wrappers
authority assurances
WHY THIS MATTERS TO BUSINESS ANALYSTS
business analysis tasks are usually directed by governance
paper/davidjcmorris/badirected
… or focused on complying with governance
paper/davidjcmorris/bacomplying
… at senior levels, opportunities to operate governance processes
paper/davidjcmorris/bacontributing
… or even help define governance
paper/davidjcmorris/badefining
… either way, a lot of what we do is tied up with governance
paper/davidjcmorris/governance
THE FIFTY SHADES
‘shades’ are visitors from the underworld
istockphoto/lisegagne/ghost
‘shades’ are what suck life from our projects
istockphoto/lisegagne/ghost
Are there really fifty?
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… actually, there are hundreds of problems, however we can group and summarise these easily into fifty shades
The types of shade
benefits
• defining• scoping• tracking• protecting
oversight
• monitoring• assuring• authorising
decisions
• approval• intervening• readying• closing
people
• culture• champions• capability• assignments
defining benefits
bigstockphoto/lambroskazan/benefitdictionary
Oversight
Decisions
People
YES, THAT WAS 50!
cruel and unusual treatment
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
we’re just a humble BA
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LEAN/AGILE PRACTICES
eliminate waste
wordpress/aubreydanielsblog/budgetwaste
improve flow
deviantart/michaeljtr/wildwaterflow
reduce burden
wordpress/totallycoolpix/overloaded
do not exceed the stated dose
wordpress/acutakehealth/littlebluepills
“tell me where to sign”
LEAN SIX-STEP ARGYLE
Gates are decision points
davidjcmorris/standardNDP
What are the key questions
bigstockphoto/ajvngou/burningquestion
time and cost
paper/davidjcmorris/timemoney
first three questions
paper/davidjcmorris/desirabilityfeasibilityviability
priorities
paper/davidjcmorris/priority
typical governance process
turn everything on its head
simplify
simplify
paper/davidjcmorris/gateswithingates
paper/davidjcmorris/argyle
ARGYLE within the NPD
paper/davidjcmorris/argylenpd
“it works for me”
How to implement it where you work
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