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Fifty Shades of governance David Morris BA Development Day 2012

Fifty Shades of Governance

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Applying lean and agile principles to governance ends up with a cut down series of six questions to ask at each and every decision gate; applied the same too all projects, whether at business case stage, in flight, or pre-launch.

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Fifty Shades of governance

David MorrisBA Development Day 2012

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do you find governance sexy?

timesunion/tablehopping/valentinesday

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meet Fred

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bringing sexy back … to projects

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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

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GOVER-WHAT?

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WHAT GOVERNANCE IS

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Governance means the laws, policies, rules, and processes of

how we run our countries …

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… how we run our state or city

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I told you I’d be back

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… how we operate our businesses

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… in fact, it’s how all our processes are regulated and controlled

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… that includes change processes

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… 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

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… balancing delegation of authority with assurance it is wielded wisely

authority

assurances

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oversight and support is many-layered …

many opportunities for ‘bloat’

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authority assurances

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WHY THIS MATTERS TO BUSINESS ANALYSTS

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business analysis tasks are usually directed by governance

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… or focused on complying with governance

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… at senior levels, opportunities to operate governance processes

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… or even help define governance

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… either way, a lot of what we do is tied up with governance

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THE FIFTY SHADES

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‘shades’ are visitors from the underworld

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‘shades’ are what suck life from our projects

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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

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The types of shade

benefits

• defining• scoping• tracking• protecting

oversight

• monitoring• assuring• authorising

decisions

• approval• intervening• readying• closing

people

• culture• champions• capability• assignments

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defining benefits

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Oversight

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Decisions

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People

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YES, THAT WAS 50!

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cruel and unusual treatment

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WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?

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we’re just a humble BA

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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LEAN/AGILE PRACTICES

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eliminate waste

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improve flow

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reduce burden

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do not exceed the stated dose

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“tell me where to sign”

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LEAN SIX-STEP ARGYLE

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Gates are decision points

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What are the key questions

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time and cost

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first three questions

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priorities

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typical governance process

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turn everything on its head

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simplify

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simplify

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paper/davidjcmorris/argyle

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ARGYLE within the NPD

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“it works for me”

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How to implement it where you work

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Thanks

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