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- 1. DPM SUMMIT 2015 STEPHEN THOMAS Project Manager, White October Where we’re going we don’t need roads…
- 2. @dubaussi HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? ONE To walk to the subway station. (To the nearest minute) $1000 TWO To walk to Sao Paulo in Brazil. (To the nearest day) $100,000
- 3. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 5. @dubaussi ◦ It can kill creativity (take the safe option) ◦ It can kill quality (just ship the crap) ◦ It can kill collaboration (us versus them) ◦ It can kill people (stress/anxiety/pain) FIXED PRICE HELL
- 7. @dubaussi TIME AND MATERIALS ◦ Risk is all on the client ◦ Doesn’t incentivise efficiency ◦ Can kill the relationship and any creativity
- 8. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 9. @dubaussi 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 5 Estimated Backlog ◦E.g. 1 point = $1K ◦Client knows backlog is roughly 19 points = $19K ◦Pays for $3K for 3 points once they are fully signed off and deployed to live Updated Estimates at Sprint Planning 3 2 1 We get paid what we deliver 3 PRICE PER POINT
- 10. @dubaussi ◦ Simple to understand and bill ◦ Clear definition of ‘done’ - can’t cheat ◦ Clients engage more with their backlog as they see the value of prioritization ◦ Balances risk PRICE PER POINT
- 11. @dubaussi IS IT ALL GOOD?
- 12. Do you have a standard contract or engagement letter that you roll out to every client? What does this say about your ability to innovate and experiment? We should be better than ‘standard’
- 13. @dubaussi Other ideas for your contract toolkit: ◦ Penalties or Incentives ◦ Psychological contracts ◦ Smaller iterations to reduce risk Price per line? (Gantt Chart) ◦ Ownership/Equity ◦ No estimates OTHER MODELS AND IDEAS
- 14. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 19. @dubaussi ◦ No Develop branch ◦ No Release branch ◦ Pull from Master ◦ Merge everything back to Master ◦ Automatically deploy everything to live BEN’S WORKFLOW
- 23. @dubaussi Backlog Developer Creates Branch Developer Creates Pull Request Merged (On Live) HOW IT HELPED ME
- 24. @dubaussi SHORT FEEDBACK LOOP = RAPID DEVELOPMENT
- 25. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 26. @dubaussi “I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.” Lech Walesa BEING LAZY
- 27. @dubaussi KNOWING MYSELF - JOB AUDIT
- 28. @dubaussi Positive Negative Neutral WHAT I FOUND - I LIKE MY JOB Positives ◦ Creative discussions ◦ Adding Value Neutral ◦ Admin ◦ Documentation Negative ◦ Timesheets ◦ Wasted Time ◦ Difficult Interactions
- 29. @dubaussi Positive Neutral Negative 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Manual Automateable Delegateable COULD I BUILD THE ROBOT?
- 30. @dubaussi Positive Negative Neutral Positive Negative Neutral HOW IT IS HOW IT COULD BE SHOULD I BUILD THE ROBOT?
- 31. @dubaussi EXAMPLES OF WHERE AUTOMATION HELPED DAILY STAND-UP ALERTS Stopping a negative interaction
- 32. @dubaussi EXAMPLES OF WHERE AUTOMATION HELPED AUTOMATIC TIMESHEET ENTRIES Recurring meetings automatically added
- 33. @dubaussi EXAMPLES OF WHERE AUTOMATION HELPED DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION Stop the mess before it builds
- 34. @dubaussi EXAMPLES OF WHERE AUTOMATION HELPED CLIENT ACCESS TO BUDGET TRACKERS Transparency saves you time
- 35. @dubaussi EXAMPLES OF WHERE AUTOMATION HELPED MEETING SCHEDULERS No more debate
- 36. @dubaussi SHOULD I LOOK TO AUTOMATE EVERYTHING?
- 37. @dubaussi HOW MUCH TIME TO SPEND DOING IT?
- 38. @dubaussi ◦ Why are we doing this? ◦ Should we be doing this? ◦ Could we be doing something better? ◦ Could someone/something else do this? ASK WHY?
- 39. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 41. @dubaussi ◦ Understanding each other’s role ◦ Knowing what each member needs ◦ Sharing project ownership THE DELEGATION GAME
- 43. @dubaussi SELF-MANAGING TEAMS Team agree the ‘Rules’ Team agree mechanism for adherence Team agree mechanism for reviewing rules
- 44. @dubaussi ◦ Doing yourself out of a job by empowering team to ‘own’ its process is super-exciting ◦ Effective delegation makes you think about why you do a task ◦ The old stereotypes are just that ◦ Invisible PMs get noticed ◦ Nothing stands still - there’s always work to do. NO PMs
- 45. @dubaussi LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
- 46. @dubaussi ◦ Translation ◦ Article writers ◦ Online Marketing ◦ Medical diagnosis ◦ Financial Advisors Andrew McAfee explains how automation is already changing knowledge-based industries AN AUTOMATED FUTURE Project Managers aren’t immune from change.
- 48. @dubaussi WHY BRITISH PM MAKE ME SAD? I JUST DOING MY JOB AN AUTOMATED FUTURE
- 49. @dubaussi ◦ A total of 35% of UK jobs are at risk of replacement within 20 years. ◦ The jobs considered to be at high risk are those in office and administrative support, sales and services, transportation, production and construction and extraction. 2014 STUDY - DELOITTE & OXFORD UNIVERSITY
- 50. @dubaussi Advances in technology will likely lead to [these] jobs… being replaced by those that need digital, management and creative skills. DIGITAL, MANAGEMENT & CREATIVE SKILLS
- 51. @dubaussi DIGITAL, MANAGEMENT & CREATIVE SKILLS
- 52. @dubaussi WHAT ARE OUR SKILLS? FUTURE PROOFED ◦ Passion for Learning ◦ Facilitator ◦ Creative motivator ◦ Listener/Empath ◦ Experienced risk taker CURRENTLY USEFUL ◦ Process knowledge ◦ Report writing ◦ Smooth talking ◦ Schedule master ◦ Budget protector Agile didn’t exist til 1970s - what’s next?
- 53. THE ESTIMATION GAMBLE PRICE PER POINT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY KNOWING YOURSELF NO PMs - IT’S THE FUTURE EXPLORERS OF THE UNKOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 54. @dubaussi APPROACH, STRATEGY, FORWARD THINKING
- 55. @dubaussi ◦ Don’t just inherit way of working whether it be contracts, proposals, workflows, communicating ◦ Be willing to challenge and be challenged. Review your job to see whether any of it is wasteful ◦ Don’t feel threatened about giving away project ownership. Delegation and automation empower us to have more creative space ◦ Let’s not be too precious about our current roles and titles - lets be enthused that we have the skills needed for the next generation of work… IS THERE A POINT?
- 56. “ There are no old roads to new directions
- 57. Thanks! ANY QUESTIONS? Contact me: Stephen Thomas ◦ @dubausssi (twitter) ◦ dubaussi.uk for slides/blog ◦ or find me at White October or the DOPM meetup (dopm.co.uk)
- 59. Thanks! ANY QUESTIONS? Contact me: Stephen Thomas ◦ @dubausssi (twitter) ◦ dubaussi.uk for slides/blog ◦ or find me at White October or the DOPM meetup (dopm.co.uk)