Olav Maassen. Making better decisions with option theory

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October 7, 2016Making better

decisionswith option theoryThe ‘When’ rather than the ‘How’

Olav MaassenVersionOne

olav.maassen@versionone.com@OlavMaassen

Contact InfoRole

Director of Sales, Europe at VersionOneFormer Clients

ASR, Essent, ING, Philips IT Applications, PortbaseContact

olav.maassen@versionone.comm +31 6 26083506

Instant Messaging, Skype, Twitter@olavmaassen

Other information:• Honorary Fellow at the Lean Systems Society• Co-author of award-winning graphic business novel

“Commitment”, awarded “Most Valuable Agile Innovation 2013”

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When is somethinga commitment?

Options have value

© luismi1985

Options expire

© givepeasachance

Never commit

early unless

you know why© Tub Gurnard

Landmark Cone of Uncertainty

0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.000.1

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10Estimation Error over Time

Percent of Actual Duration

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The Cone of Uncertainty

We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.

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It’snot

aboutprobability

It’sabout

survival

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Staff Liquidity

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Source: https://www.box.com/shared/mg9kq3d17e

Value of information

10 September 2013

When do we have to decide?

Yellow + Blue option ???

Blue option ???

DecNov

Stock shops

Oct

Produce DVD+box

Servers

????March

We are here!

© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe

When do we have to decide?

Yellow + Blue option ???

Blue option ???

DecNov

Stock shops

Oct

Produce DVD+box

Servers

AugustMarch

We are here!

Design and test(2M)

© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe

When do we have to decide?

Yellow + Blue option ???

Blue option ???

DecNov

Stock shops

Oct

Produce DVD+box

Servers

SeptMarch

We are here!

Design and test(1M)

© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe

Options have value

© luismi1985

Options expire

© givepeasachance

Never commit

early unless

you know why© Tub Gurnard

Focus on when tomake a commitment!

Understand the difference between commitment and decision

Do you need arope to climbback up?

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Finding the artist

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Rough Outline

First manuscript

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Different covers

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School choice

© luismi1985

Options

expire

© givepeasachance

Never commit

early unless

you know why© Tub Gurnard

Options have value

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Key take aways• See options around you

• Use options to postpone commitments

• Know when to commit and why

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Questions are an option

Contact InfoRole

Director of Sales, Europe at VersionOneFormer Clients

ASR, Essent, ING, Philips IT Applications, PortbaseContact

olav.maassen@versionone.comm +31 6 26083506

Instant Messaging, Skype, Twitter@olavmaassen

Other information:• Honorary Fellow at the Lean Systems Society• Co-author of award-winning graphic business novel

“Commitment”, awarded “Most Valuable Agile Innovation 2013”

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