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 Discusses the perception that software projects live in the simple/complicated domain as outdated and that agile recognises they are complicated/complex problem.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.
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
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4. @chrisvmcd
cynefin
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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
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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
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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
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23. @chrisvmcd
we have two problems;
what to do
and
how to do it
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“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do
your best.” - W. Edwards Deming
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
• don’t become agile, strive for agility
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