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Le. SS Why are there no projects, programs or portfolios? Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Parallel Organization Shared References Ø OKR: Narrowing the gap between “O” AND “KR” Ø Quotes from: Implementing Beyond Budgeting: Unlocking the Performance Potential Ø Digital tools considered harmful Ø Harmful Agile Adoptions by Playing with Words Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Triple Constraint of Traditional Planning Cost (fixed) Question: What does PMI stand for? Answer: Project Magic Institute Quality Time (fixed) Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT) Scope (fixed)
Traditional Budgeting Annual Budgeting Portfolio Budgeting Program Budgeting Project Budgeting Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT) NB: To make sure that money is spent from the right bag, there is also the detailed monthly follow-up of actual costs against the year-to-date budget (the one we were trusted to make ourselves) Quote from “Implementing Beyond Budgeting ” by Bjarte Bogsnes
Traditional Estimation/Forecasting Annual forecasting S Portfolio forecasting Program forecasting R? W BE HA M TI NU MY MAGIC 45095094 45649545 34532345 99824545 Project forecasting 645646 3453 9786 3454 876546 546458 1128 8789 7866 435908 345094 4640 2345 5766 Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT) 4652 345275 3456 923456 5678 5642 1220
Traditional Cycle (Budgeting Forecasting) 45095094 34532345 546458 3453 Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT) Note: Automating this whole process, through sophisticated tooling, will not decrease variability or increase accuracy
Traditional Organizational Design 45095094 34532345 546458 3453 Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
The Renaming Game Changing terminology, without changing structure, will not change underlying dynamics. Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
The Renaming Game (Work Breakdown Structure) “special agile roles” Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
How Much Do You Trust Your OKRs? https: //gtmhub. com/blog/okr-narrowing-the-gap-between-o-and-kr/ Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Recognizing Traditional Problems Ø Project-based teams Ø Unstable & Short-lived not enough time to storm, norm and perform Ø Focused on individual components, working in siloes Ø Managed by someone else, not self-managed Ø Misuse of Estimation Ø Ø Forgetting about *CCC*: Card, Conversation, Confirmation Chasing numbers/velocities numbers gaming Thinking of velocity, as a single number, not a as range Forgetting that component team velocity is just a rate of OUTPUT, NOT outcome Ø False expectations of consistency with “scaled estimation” Ø *Rolling up* multiple velocities by component teams that estimate separately Ø Using *magic normalization* formulas to make *apples look like oranges* Ø Relying on estimations, provided by leads and line managers, on behalf of developers Ø Budgeting work, by many teams, based on unreliable numbers Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Velocities of Component Teams V V V Sourced from: https: //less. works/resources/graphics/index. html Can these velocities be used, to reliably estimate volume and complexity of delivered features? Big Cultural/Behavioral Mistake V > V Big Financial/Economic Mistake > V = V + V+V = 12 Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Scrum: What Is it? What is it NOT? YES NO https: //www. wrike. com/project-management-guide/faq/what-is-scrum-in-project-management/ https: //scrumguides. org/docs/scrumguide/v 2020/2020 -Scrum-Guide-US. pdf Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Scrum: What Is It For? What Is It NOT For? Scrum (one team) - is for adaptive, lean and incremental agile PRODUCT development. Scrum was NOT invented for project, program or portfolio management. Large Scale Scrum (Le. SS) - is a scaled up version of one-team Scrum, and it maintains many of the practices and ideas of one-team Scrum, including its main purpose: adaptive, lean and incremental agile PRODUCT development. https: //less. works/less/framework/index Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Beyond Budgeting Ideas te o Qu Referencing Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Beyond Budgeting Ideas …this has been well tested over years…. From: Beyond Budgeting - an agile management model for new business and people realities. Ambition to Action - the Statoil journey. Presented by Bjarte Bogsnes Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise Coach
Beyond Budgeting Ideas “I have no idea why I was offered a contract with a bonus in it because I promise you I will not work any harder or any less hard in any year, in any day because someone is going to pay me more or less, ” John Cryan, CEO (Deutsche’s Bank) https: //www. cnbc. com/2015/11/25/deutsche-banks-john-cryan-says-bonuses-dont-make-bankers-work-harder-says. html Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products Big question: Why budget PRODUCTS? (not projects, programs or portfolios) Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products Big Answer: Because Customers buy PRODUCS? (not projects, programs or portfolios) Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Martin Fowler Budgeting Products Co-signer: http: //agilemanifesto. org/ https: //martinfowler. com/articles/products-over-projects. html Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products Parallel Organization “big Idea for small Investors” https: //martinfowler. com/articles/products-over-projects. html Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products https: //less. works/img/structure/feature-team. pdf Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products PSPI Product PSPI Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Budgeting Products Budgeting a product ~~ Sponsoring a team(s) Simple Mathematics: Ø Number of people working Ø Individual Compensation and/or rate Ø Costs of hardware/software (not a huge factor) Ø Costs of tooling licenses (not a huge factor) Ø Other expenses (not a huge factor) Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Economies of Scaling Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
What Will You “Feed” To Your Guests? Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)
Q&A Gene Gendel, Certified Enterprise & Team Coach (CEC-CTC), Certified Le. SS Trainer (CLT)