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Talk delivered at the "Innovate, Focus, Deliver" event organized by Mozaic Works.
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The Ever-Pivoting Company
The Neverending Ideas
Why Focus?
1.Clarify vision
2.Minimize noise
3.Eliminate anything that doesn't add value
4.Stop starting, start finishing
5.Clear the collective mind of the team
“Real artists ship”
Steve Jobs
10 Practices for Focus
1.Value Stream Mapping
2.Visual Management
3.Remove Blockages
4.Deal with Bottlenecks
5.Resource Availability
6.Staff Liquidity
7.Effective Meetings
8.Limit Interruptions
9.Plan Learning
10.Improve Flow
I'm guilty for this talk!
Alexandru Bolboacă
Trainer, coach, polyglot programmer with international [email protected]
@alexboly
1. Value Stream Mapping
Brainstormidea
Detailidea
Sketch UI Code Test Deploy
2. Visual Management
Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy
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Acceptance tests defined
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Vision: Change the world
Objective: Get 100 more paying users
Blocked
3. Remove Blockages
Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy
RefactoredCode Review
Reviewed withJohn
Paper mock-up
Acceptance tests defined
0 major issues
4. Deal With Bottlenecks
Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy
RefactoredCode Review
Reviewed withJohn
Paper mock-up
Acceptance tests defined
0 major issues
Bottleneck!
5. Ensure Resource Availability
Where's that document????
6. Ensure Staff Liquidity
Your best people should have the least
tasks assigned
7. Do Effective Meetings
1. Initiator facilitates
2. Clear objectives
3. Defined structure
4. Keep the timing
5. Leave with actions
6. Do a retrospective
“Discuss X” is not an objective
8. Minimize Interruptions
Don't interrupt me now! I'm focused.
9. Plan your team's learning
1. Self-assessment
2. Prioritize
3. Plan actions for 2 weeks, 1h / week
4. Make a demo
5. How to improve?
10. Improve Flow
Ideas Features (2) UI design (1) Code (1) Test (1) Deploy
RefactoredCode Review
Reviewed withJohn
Paper mock-up
0 major issues
1. Limit WIP
2. Monitor Cycle Time
3. Improve Your Process
10 Practices for Focus
1.Value Stream Mapping
2.Visual Management
3.Remove Blockages
4.Deal with Bottlenecks
5.Resource Availability
6.Staff Liquidity
7.Effective Meetings
8.Limit Interruptions
9.Plan Learning
10.Improve Flow
Your Questions?
“The important thing is not to stop questioning”
Learn More
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