Who needs Agile when you can manage product development teams using a precise set of program and product boundary conditions? You don't need status reports or non-value added check up meetings, either! Boundary Condition management enables trust (helping management) and freedom to operate (helping teams). This presentation shows you how.
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Boundary Conditions - Who Needs Agile?
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April 8, 2018
John Carter
jcarter@tcgen.com
XRT WEBINAR
JOHN CARTER
TCGEN INC.
Boundary Conditions
Who Needs Agile?
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• So do your projects!
WORLD IS CHAOTIC AND CHANGING – FAST
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TCGEN: AN EXPERIENCED BASED CONSULTANCY
John Carter
• Recognized authority in Product Development
• Author of “Innovate Products Faster”
• Created Apple’s New Product Process (ANPP)
• Invented Bose’s Noise Cancelling Headphones
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Boundary Conditions: Later in Program, Showing Break
Product Cost Project Cost
Quality Features
Schedule
Little/No Risk of break
Some Risk of break
Likely Risk of break
Current Status
CRYSTAL CLEAR BOUNDARIES
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1. Predetermined Decision Makers
2. Predetermined Process
Decision Makers
F2F
Meet
?
CRYSTAL CLEAR DECISION MAKING
No
Yes
Problem!
Email will do.
Let’s Meet!
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2. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, BREAKS, AND
RAPID RESOLUTION
• Provides clear vision for Team
• Defines clear Program Goals
• CAN ELIMINATE MEDDLING
• CAN ELIMINATE CONSTANT UPDATING
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3. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, BREAKS, AND
RAPID RESOLUTION
• Enables RAPID decisions
• Creates “BLAME FREE” decisions
• Keeps the team moving forward
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WHERE IT FITS & HOW IT WORKS – AT BEGINNING
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Schedule
Launch Target date: Late Q1-2019
Features
.03% Accuracy Claim
BLE connectivity
• At Sprint Zero, The Team Proposes early “Boundaries”
• Management accepts & Team documents in diagram
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WHERE IT FITS & HOW IT WORKS – EARLY DAYS
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy Claim
BLE connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early Q1-2019
• A few Sprints later, The Team Proposes full “Boundaries”
• Management accepts & Team documents in an agreement
Little/No Risk of break
Some Risk of break
Likely Risk of break
Current Status
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EXAMPLE – BOUNDARY BREAK!
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy
Claim
BLE
connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early
Q1-2019
DAYS
NOT WEEKS!
• Team lost Engineer, predicts slip
• Team proposes hiring 2 temps
• Management hears proposal and accepts
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$12.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy
Claim
BLE
connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early
Q1-2019
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WHERE IT FITS & HOW IT WORKS – THE COMPLETE PICTURE
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Schedule
Launch Target date: Late Q1-2019
Features
.03% Accuracy Claim
BLE connectivity
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy
Claim
BLE
connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early
Q1-2019
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy
Claim
BLE
connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early
Q1-2019
OR
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Boundary Conditions: Later in Program, Showing Break
Approaching Boundary Break
Team lost key person
3 week delay to replace:
Start OOB Process
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy Claim
BLE connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early Q1-2019
BOM cost better than
anticipated
Quality approaching minimum
acceptable, but looks to be OK
These are the five recommended boundaries
to be shown at Management Review Meetings
Little/No Risk of break
Some Risk of break
Likely Risk of break
Current Status
Some contingency reserves
have been used
EXAMPLE – FULL BOUNDARIES – TYPICAL CASE W/BREAK
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Adjust
Boundaries
• Predetermined Decision Makers
• Predetermined Process (no end runs)
• Team presents alternatives
Meet
AND
Decide
Decision Makers
VP, Engineering
VP, Marketing
COO
F2F
Meet
?
Meeting Not Needed
WHEN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ARE BROKEN: RESOLUTION FAST!
Product Cost
$12 max BOM
Project Cost
$10.5M max
Quality
≤1% DOA
Features
.05% Accuracy
Claim
BLE
connectivity
Schedule
Launch Early
Q1-2019
Boundary
Break!
No
Yes
Hours/Days NOT Weeks/Months