Version 2. Discusses the perception that software projects live in the simple/complicated domain as outdated and that agile recognises they are complicated/complex problem. Also discusses that the adoption of agile in previous 13 years has been treated as a simple/complicated problem and that Kanban helps us manage it as a complex problem.
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1.Agile (making some sense of it all)
2. @chrisvmcd 2 Chris McDermott @chrisvmcd
Coach/Developer/Conference Organiser www.leanagilescotland.com
@LeanAgileScot 3. @chrisvmcd what am I going to talk about sense
making we face two problems timeline back in the day ski resorts
and a drinking weekend agile adoption, the two day master and
waterfall sandwiches how do we do it they way we want to do it food
for thought 3 4. @chrisvmcd cynefin 4 K-in-evin habitat or place
more properly understood as the place of our multiple belongings;
the sense that we all, individually and collectively, have many
roots: cultural, religious, geographic, tribal etc. We can never be
fully aware of the nature of those belongings, but they profoundly
influence what we are" http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CynefinCentre 5.
@chrisvmcd 5 6. @chrisvmcd Simple5 7. @chrisvmcd Simple Complicated
5 8. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex 5 9. @chrisvmcd Simple
ComplicatedComplex Chaotic 5 10. @chrisvmcd Simple
ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder 5 11. @chrisvmcd Simple
ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder relationship between cause and
effect is obvious to all Known sense - categorise - respond Best
Practice 5 12. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic
Disorder relationship between cause and effect is obvious to all
Known sense - categorise - respond Best Practice Knownable
relationship between cause and effect requires analysis/
investigation and experts sense - analyse - respond Good Practice 5
13. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder
relationship between cause and effect is obvious to all Known sense
- categorise - respond Best Practice Knownable relationship between
cause and effect requires analysis/ investigation and experts sense
- analyse - respond Good Practice probe - sense - respond
Unknownable relationship between cause and effect can only be
perceived in retrospect Emergent Practice 5 14. @chrisvmcd Simple
ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder relationship between cause and
effect is obvious to all Known sense - categorise - respond Best
Practice Knownable relationship between cause and effect requires
analysis/ investigation and experts sense - analyse - respond Good
Practice probe - sense - respond Unknownable relationship between
cause and effect can only be perceived in retrospect Emergent
Practice no relationship between cause and effect at systems level
act - sense - respond Novel Practice 5 15. @chrisvmcd 6 16.
@chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder 7 17.
@chrisvmcd 8 18. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic
Disorder 9 19. @chrisvmcd 10 20. @chrisvmcd Simple
ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder 11 21. @chrisvmcd 12 22.
@chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder 13 23.
@chrisvmcd we have two problems; what to do and how to do it 14 It
is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then
do your best. - W. Edwards Deming 24. @chrisvmcd 15 Success 39%
Failed 18% Challenged 43% Standish Report 2013 25. @chrisvmcd back
in the day 16 26. @chrisvmcd 17 27. @chrisvmcd predictable 18 what
you see is all there is - Daniel Kahnemen 28. @chrisvmcd 19 29.
@chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic Disorder what &
how 20 the world seen through a waterfall 30. @chrisvmcd 21 31.
@chrisvmcd 22 32. @chrisvmcd 23 33. @chrisvmcd 24 34. @chrisvmcd 25
make progress with imperfect information core ideas 35. @chrisvmcd
26 develop an evolutionary capability by implementing feedback
loops core ideas 36. @chrisvmcd 27 encourage a high trust culture
core ideas 37. @chrisvmcd 28 treat work in progress as if it were a
liability rather than an asset core ideas 38. @chrisvmcd 29 foster
a craftsmanship ethic and a focus on quality and pride of
workmanship core ideas 39. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex
Chaotic Disorder what 30 an agile perspective 40. @chrisvmcd 31 41.
@chrisvmcd 31 42. @chrisvmcd 31 43. @chrisvmcd 32 44. @chrisvmcd 33
45. @chrisvmcd 34 46. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex Chaotic
Disorder how 35 its just stand up meetings and sticky notes 47.
@chrisvmcd Capability Time current desired 1 2 3 4 5 36 48.
@chrisvmcd organisational threshold Capability Time current desired
1 2 3 4 5 36 49. @chrisvmcd 37 50. @chrisvmcd 38 51. @chrisvmcd 38
52. @chrisvmcd 38 53. @chrisvmcd 38 54. @chrisvmcd 38 55.
@chrisvmcd 38 56. @chrisvmcd 38 57. @chrisvmcd 38 58. @chrisvmcd 38
59. @chrisvmcd 38 60. @chrisvmcd 38 61. @chrisvmcd 38 62.
@chrisvmcd 38 63. @chrisvmcd 38 64. @chrisvmcd 39 65. @chrisvmcd 39
66. @chrisvmcd 39 Legacy 67. @chrisvmcd 39 Tools Legacy 68.
@chrisvmcd 39 Finance Tools Legacy 69. @chrisvmcd 39 Finance Tools
Legacy Customer 70. @chrisvmcd 39 Finance Tools Legacy Customer
Governance 71. @chrisvmcd 39 Finance Tools Legacy Customer
Governance Organisation 72. @chrisvmcd 40 73. @chrisvmcd Capability
Time current desired 41 74. @chrisvmcd Simple ComplicatedComplex
Chaotic Disorder how 42 the challenge of change 75. @chrisvmcd food
for thought not all problems are created equal embrace uncertainty
in what we do recognise the complexity in how we do it appreciate
the whole system dont become agile, strive for agility 43 76.
@chrisvmcd thank you 44
