Using Simulation Modeling for accelerating large lean transformation

Using simulation modeling for

accelerating large lean

transformation

Nikita Filippov Askhat

Urazbaev

ScrumTrek

Gleb Zahodyakin

Nikita Filippov

Askhat Urazbaev

What is the hardest problem of

agile adoption?

Selling ideas to…

• Business

• Teams

• Management

Excuses

“Due to some historical reasons…”

“We are already working this way”

“Agile is for <any other>, but we are

special..”

“Yes, it should work, but not in my

company”

How to prove that <Agile>

works?

It’s all about a model

• s

It’s all about a model

• s

Mental model

Selling ideas is

transiting mental

model

If team is not able to focus

on a feature, it will cause…

A. Unstable Velocity

B. Huge Cycle Time

C. Both

Velocity

Magic Spreadsheet

• Pilot project

• “Stable” requirements

• 6 sprints => 7 sprints

Types of models

Mental models

Physical models

Diagrams Spreadsheets

Formulas

System dynamics

Brooks’s Law

http://sunset.usc.edu/people/ray/spd/

Simulation model

http://www.runthemodel.com/models/run.php?popup=1&id=1970&authKey=ZWrZDjZn6cyh3XoRY2vb

Large WIP problem

Single

priority

• Improves

cycle time for

some projects

• But makes

bottleneck

even worth

Pull system

• Improves Cycle

Time

• Decreases

Multitasking

Simulation model

• Shows everything in dynamics

• Explains ideas

• Validates decisions

• Is easy to believe in

• Is really cool thing to play with

http://www.anylogic.ru

Thanks! Questions?