Visual Planning

Visual PlanningHow to Accelerate & Improve Solution Delivery

Greg Tutunjian

April 29, 2016

Northeastern University College of Professional Studies

Project Management Conference 2016

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Agenda

How I arrived here

HistorySuccess stories & real-life examples

Scope & Scale

Where & why this proved effective

Direct ApplicationExperience you

can reuse

Accrued Benefits

How you can adopt these techniques

Apply LiberallyWhere to look for effective guidance

Resources


Personal History

Solutions

TeamsApplications

Enterprise

Experience


Today

Math Major

SolutionProgramming

ScrumMaster & Agile Coach

Project &ProgramManager

ApplicationProgramming

Engagement History

1

23

4

5


VocabularyAccelerate:

CadenceRepeatableSuitable for extrapolation

Delivery:Demonstrable outcomesAppraisable outcomes

Development: Iteration activitiesPrelude to Delivery


VocabularyGovernance:

Self-assessment Side-effect of Planning, Development & Delivery

Solution: Adds value Improves Sustainability

Sustainability: Self-organization Self-improvement Learning conditions Feels good


VocabularyVisual Planning:

Reusable:VisionStrategyRoad MapRelease PlanIteration Plan

Engaging:Fosters dialogueEnhances understandingElicits compromise & agreement


Scope & Scale: Tool Kit

1. Alignment & Visioning Metaphor Maps

2. Enterprise Planning & Culture Strategy Maps

3. Collaboration & Detail Planning Mind Maps

4. Enterprise Planning & Delivery Visual Planning Pipeline


Scope & Scale: Visual Planning Traits

Visual modeling languageLanguage designed for engagement

Promotes change (versus documents it)Highly interactive conversations (MS-Visio,

Templates)Feel-good workReference-able & reusable outcomesInspirational experiences & outcomes


Metaphor Maps


Direct Application:Metaphor Maps for Alignment & Visioning

Village Mapping Kit, Metaphor Language Research Center, Used With Permission








Direct Application:Metaphor Maps

U.S. Health Care System Model, Boston Facilitators Roundtable, Used With Permission


Direct Application:Metaphor Maps

U.S. Health Care System Model, Boston Facilitators Roundtable, Used With Permission


Strategy Maps


Direct Application:Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture

Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content







Greg Tutunjian, Visual Planning 20Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content






Mind Maps


Direct Application:Mind Maps for Collaboration & Detail Planning

Enterprise-wide Engagement Planning, 2014








Apply Liberally:Visual Planning Pipeline

Strategy & CultureStrategy Maps

Alignment & VisionMetaphor Maps

DeliveryMind Maps

RefinementInspection


Accrued Benefits:Reusable Learning Outcomes

1. Groups, especially distressed groups, prefer visual planning over text-based planning

2. Visual planning artifacts quickly become reference artifacts for strategic planning in addition to more detailed planning

3. Quantifying visually is less intimidating than seeking quantified metrics (especially for “Undone” work)

4. Visual planning is more enjoyable (and the more joy people experience at work, the more prolific they become)


Apply Liberally:Adoption Recommendations

1. Engage: Ensure you’re using diverse and wide audiences (especially junior and new staff)

2. Maintain: Keep your artifacts on an Intranet, wiki, etc. and post in public spaces as anchor points

3. Re-use: Continue to re-use (especially detailed mind maps) to demonstrate progress and delivery

4. Refine: Continue to follow tool and methodology evolutions and releases

5. Experiment: What works for one team, group, or company may or may not work for another


ResourcesMetaphor Maps:

Metaphor Language Research Center, http://www.metaphormapping.com

Ibid (eBooks), http://www.metaphormapping.com/category/library/ebooks

Strategy Maps: The Palladium Group, http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com Strategy Maps (2014), Robert E. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Mind Maps: Mind Manager, http://https://www.mindjet.com Inspiration, http://http://www.inspiration.com XMind, http://www.xmind.net iMindMap, http://imindmap.com/products/imindmap Mind Maps At Work (2005), Tony Buzan

http://www.metaphormapping.com/

http://www.metaphormapping.com/category/library/ebooks

http://www.metaphormapping.com/category/library/ebooks

http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/

http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/

http://https://www.mindjet.com

http://https://www.mindjet.com

http://http://www.inspiration.com

http://http://www.inspiration.com

http://www.xmind.net/



http://imindmap.com/products/imindmap


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