October 7, 2016 Making better decisions with option theory The ‘When’ rather than the ‘How’ Olav Maassen VersionOne [email protected] @OlavMaassen
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October 7, 2016Making better
decisionswith option theoryThe ‘When’ rather than the ‘How’
Olav MaassenVersionOne
[email protected]@OlavMaassen
Contact InfoRole
Director of Sales, Europe at VersionOneFormer Clients
ASR, Essent, ING, Philips IT Applications, PortbaseContact
[email protected] +31 6 26083506
Instant Messaging, Skype, Twitter@olavmaassen
Other information:• Honorary Fellow at the Lean Systems Society• Co-author of award-winning graphic business novel
“Commitment”, awarded “Most Valuable Agile Innovation 2013”
3
When is somethinga commitment?
Options have value
© luismi1985
Options expire
© givepeasachance
Never commit
early unless
you know why© Tub Gurnard
Landmark Cone of Uncertainty
0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.000.1
1
10Estimation Error over Time
Percent of Actual Duration
Acut
al T
otal
Dur
atio
n / E
stim
ated
Tot
al
Dura
tion
The Cone of Uncertainty
We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.
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It’snot
aboutprobability
It’sabout
survival
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Staff Liquidity
12
Source: https://www.box.com/shared/mg9kq3d17e
Value of information
10 September 2013
When do we have to decide?
Yellow + Blue option ???
Blue option ???
DecNov
Stock shops
Oct
Produce DVD+box
Servers
????March
We are here!
© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
When do we have to decide?
Yellow + Blue option ???
Blue option ???
DecNov
Stock shops
Oct
Produce DVD+box
Servers
AugustMarch
We are here!
Design and test(2M)
© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
When do we have to decide?
Yellow + Blue option ???
Blue option ???
DecNov
Stock shops
Oct
Produce DVD+box
Servers
SeptMarch
We are here!
Design and test(1M)
© Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
Options have value
© luismi1985
Options expire
© givepeasachance
Never commit
early unless
you know why© Tub Gurnard
Focus on when tomake a commitment!
Understand the difference between commitment and decision
Do you need arope to climbback up?
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Finding the artist
22
Rough Outline
First manuscript
28
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30
Different covers
31
34
School choice
© luismi1985
Options
expire
© givepeasachance
Never commit
early unless
you know why© Tub Gurnard
Options have value
36
Key take aways• See options around you
• Use options to postpone commitments
• Know when to commit and why
37
Questions are an option
Contact InfoRole
Director of Sales, Europe at VersionOneFormer Clients
ASR, Essent, ING, Philips IT Applications, PortbaseContact
[email protected] +31 6 26083506
Instant Messaging, Skype, Twitter@olavmaassen
Other information:• Honorary Fellow at the Lean Systems Society• Co-author of award-winning graphic business novel
“Commitment”, awarded “Most Valuable Agile Innovation 2013”
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