What do you
want to
improve?
Being/doing/scaling Agile
isn’t the point
@neil_killick
Improve
I’m gonna
have to
Agile the
shit out of
this!
– feelings of anxiety and discomfort resulting from simultaneously
holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or sets
of assumptions”
Source: https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/the-nine-principles-of-organisational-psychotherapy/
Photo: Contradiction by wornish
“Many organisations, particularly
in times of stress or change, suffer
acutely from ‘organisational
cognitive dissonance’
How does
your work
work?
Where we are
Collective Mindset Sliders
Collective Mindset Sliders
Where we should be
Vision
Synchronise
Capability 3
Capability 4
Capability 5
Capability 6
Capability 7
Capability 8
Capability 9
Capability 10
Backlog Doing
Capability 2
Capability 1
Next
Team 1
Team 2
DONE
No. 1 priority capability - which teams are required to deliver it
end-to end?
Teams 1 and 2, in this case
Capability 11
Capability 12
Backlog of customer capabilities, ordered by value
Capability 1
Team 1
Team 2
Capability 2
Team 1
Team 3
Capability 3
Capability 4
Capability 5
Capability 6
Capability 7
Capability 8
Capability 9
Capability 10
Capability 11
Capability 12
Backlog DoingNext DONE
Next priority capability also requires Team 1, but Team 1 is
focused on a higher priority capability - leave them alone!
If Team 3 starts without Team 1, they may end up either having
to interrupt Team 1 (who are working on a higher priority
feature), or leaving Capability 2 unfinished to start another
Let’s put a blocked sign on the capability to signify that a lower
priority capability is being selected
Capability 1
Team 1
Team 2
Capability 2
Team 1
Team 3
Capability 3 Team 3
Capability 4
Capability 5
Capability 6
Capability 7
Capability 8
Capability 9
Capability 10
Capability 11
Capability 12
Backlog DoingNext DONE
Team 3, and every team in fact, should pull in the highest
priority capability for which they have no dependency on a
team working on a higher priority capability
Capability 1
Team 1
Team 2
Capability 2
Team 1
Team 3
Capability 3 Team 3
Capability 4
Team 4
Capability 5 Team 6
Team 5
Capability 6
Capability 7
Capability 8
Capability 9
Capability 10
Capability 11
Capability 12
Backlog DoingNext DONE
Capability 4
Team 4
Capability 5 Team 6
Team 5
Capability 3 Team 3
Teams pull in work
Capability 3
Capability 1
Capability 4
Capability 5
Capability 6
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Capability 1 is “Done”, so
teams 1 and 2 are available to
pull in the next highest priority
capability that they have the
ability to work on
Team 3
Capability 2
Team 1
Team 3
Capability 7 Team 2
Capability 8
Capability 9
Capability 10
Capability 11
Capability 12
Backlog DoingNext DONE
Team 1 should work on top priority
(blocked) capability
Teams 1 and 3 should now co-
ordinate to put focus on the higher
priority capability
Capability 3
Capability 1
Capability 4
Capability 5
Capability 6
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 3
Capability 2 Team 1
Capability 7 Team 2
Capability 8
Team 1
Team 4
Capability 9
Team 2
Team 6
Capability 10 Team 3
Capability 11 Team 5
Capability 12
Backlog DoingNext DONE
Iterate
Focus on
the goal
★ Company vision
★ Customer capabilities
★ “How the work works”
★ Synchronise as a company
★ Iterate as a company
Improve
= Get better at meeting the goal

What do you want to improve - LAST conf version

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    What do you wantto improve? Being/doing/scaling Agile isn’t the point @neil_killick
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    I’m gonna have to Agilethe shit out of this!
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    – feelings ofanxiety and discomfort resulting from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or sets of assumptions” Source: https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/the-nine-principles-of-organisational-psychotherapy/ Photo: Contradiction by wornish “Many organisations, particularly in times of stress or change, suffer acutely from ‘organisational cognitive dissonance’
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    Where we are CollectiveMindset Sliders
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    Capability 3 Capability 4 Capability5 Capability 6 Capability 7 Capability 8 Capability 9 Capability 10 Backlog Doing Capability 2 Capability 1 Next Team 1 Team 2 DONE No. 1 priority capability - which teams are required to deliver it end-to end? Teams 1 and 2, in this case Capability 11 Capability 12 Backlog of customer capabilities, ordered by value
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    Capability 1 Team 1 Team2 Capability 2 Team 1 Team 3 Capability 3 Capability 4 Capability 5 Capability 6 Capability 7 Capability 8 Capability 9 Capability 10 Capability 11 Capability 12 Backlog DoingNext DONE Next priority capability also requires Team 1, but Team 1 is focused on a higher priority capability - leave them alone! If Team 3 starts without Team 1, they may end up either having to interrupt Team 1 (who are working on a higher priority feature), or leaving Capability 2 unfinished to start another Let’s put a blocked sign on the capability to signify that a lower priority capability is being selected
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    Capability 1 Team 1 Team2 Capability 2 Team 1 Team 3 Capability 3 Team 3 Capability 4 Capability 5 Capability 6 Capability 7 Capability 8 Capability 9 Capability 10 Capability 11 Capability 12 Backlog DoingNext DONE Team 3, and every team in fact, should pull in the highest priority capability for which they have no dependency on a team working on a higher priority capability
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    Capability 1 Team 1 Team2 Capability 2 Team 1 Team 3 Capability 3 Team 3 Capability 4 Team 4 Capability 5 Team 6 Team 5 Capability 6 Capability 7 Capability 8 Capability 9 Capability 10 Capability 11 Capability 12 Backlog DoingNext DONE Capability 4 Team 4 Capability 5 Team 6 Team 5 Capability 3 Team 3 Teams pull in work
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    Capability 3 Capability 1 Capability4 Capability 5 Capability 6 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Capability 1 is “Done”, so teams 1 and 2 are available to pull in the next highest priority capability that they have the ability to work on Team 3 Capability 2 Team 1 Team 3 Capability 7 Team 2 Capability 8 Capability 9 Capability 10 Capability 11 Capability 12 Backlog DoingNext DONE Team 1 should work on top priority (blocked) capability Teams 1 and 3 should now co- ordinate to put focus on the higher priority capability
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    Capability 3 Capability 1 Capability4 Capability 5 Capability 6 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team 3 Capability 2 Team 1 Capability 7 Team 2 Capability 8 Team 1 Team 4 Capability 9 Team 2 Team 6 Capability 10 Team 3 Capability 11 Team 5 Capability 12 Backlog DoingNext DONE
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    ★ Company vision ★Customer capabilities ★ “How the work works” ★ Synchronise as a company ★ Iterate as a company Improve = Get better at meeting the goal