Busyness lascot15

How  Effort  Metrics  and  Utilization  Constrict  the  Flow  of  Value  

“PRODUCTIVITY”  IS  KILLING  US

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Please  Turn  Your  Smartphones  ON!      #Lascot15  

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Who  Is  This  Guy?!

Husband,  Dad,  Humanistic  Lean  Flow-­‐Based  Systems-­‐Thinking  Consultant  at  CDA  Consulting,  Sailor

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My  Other  Interest

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Learning

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Seriously

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Why  Are  We  Here?  

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Seek  to  understand  the  relationship  between  utilization  and  flow.    !Discuss  some  alternatives  to  optimizing  for  busyness.  

Oh  Right,  at  This  Session

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But  First,  an  Apology

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Resource  Efficiency  Nightmare:  0%  Utilization

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~100%  Resource  Efficiency

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“Resource”  Efficiency  Nightmare  0%  Utilization

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That  Guy  Woke  Up  and  Said…

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What  Can  Happen  When  “Agile”  Turns  Up?

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Some  Agile  Adoption  Antipatterns

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Focus  on  Compliance  to  the  Framework  Over  Value

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!!!●What  did  you  do  yesterday?    !

●What  will  you  do  today?    !

● Any  impediments?    

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Status  reporting  stand-­‐up  meetings

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Splitting  Teams  &  Creating  Dependencies  

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Limit  WIP/Visualize  Flow  of  Value

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Excessive  Work  in  Progress  (WIP)  is  the  enemy  of  flow.

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Limit  Work  In  Progress

If  We  Measure  Busyness,  We’ll  Create  More  Busyness.  

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Failure  Demand  is  demand  that  originates  from  a  failure  to  have  done  something  right  in  the  first  place.  

What  is  Failure  Demand?

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Typical  Example  of  Failure  Demand

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Protecting  Silos  From  Failure  Demand  Creates  More…

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QA

Ops

Triage

Value  Demand

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Quantify  Value

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Make  Strategic  Intent  Visible

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Stephen  Bungay:  Directed  Opportunism  

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The  Organization  is  Not  a  Machine,  But  an  Organism,  a  Set  of  Human  Relationships.    

-­‐Steven  Bungay

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In  Order  to  Have  High  Autonomy,  High  Alignment  is  Needed.  To  have  High  Alignment,  Strategic  Clarity  is  Needed.  

Study  This  Guy’s  Work

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Principles  of  Product  Development  Flow

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Utilization  &  Queuing  Theory

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Rules  Are  Waste

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Create  Slack

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!●Variability  Buffer  !

● Learning  !

● Innovation

Three  Types  of  Slack

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Slack  as  Variability  Buffer

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!!

Flow  Trumps  Waste  !

Value  Trumps  Flow

Lean  Decision  Filter

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Flow  Trumps  WasteWhat  Does  That  Mean?  

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Value  Trumps  FlowLean  Decision  Filter

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!

!A  unit  unavailable  for  response  provides  no  service  to  the  community.  The  unit  may  be  out  of  service  for  a  multitude  of  reasons…If  a  unit  is  not  available  80%  of  the  time,  it  is  not  reasonable  to  expect  the  unit  to  perform  at  the  80th  percentile.    

!….  Poor  availability  negatively  influences  response  times.  

Unit  Hour  Utilization

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Slack  For  Learning

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Read  a  Book

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Capability  Balancing

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Lean  Coffee

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Slack  For  Innovation

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!● Failure  Demand  ● Silos:“Pain-­‐Killer  Teams”  ●Overloaded  Bottlenecks  ●Deadline-­‐Driven  Development  ● Exponential  Delays

What  Happens  Without  Slack?

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Play

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Focus  On  Value

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Books

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THANK  YOU!

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