Validating Assumptions: From Unknown to Known
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The document summarizes a presentation by Ade Shokoya of AgileTV on validating assumptions. It provides biographical information on Ade Shokoya, including his experience in agile transitions and as an author. It then outlines Donald Rumsfeld's famous quote about knowns and unknowns. The presentation discusses how unknowns can lead to uncertainty and anxiety, and cognitive biases. It advocates inspecting and adapting plans based on learning.
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Validating Assumptions: From Unknown to Known
- 1. BW2 Concurrent Session 11/13/2013 10:15 AM "Validating Assumptions: From Unknown to Known" Presented by: Ade Shokoya AgileTV Brought to you by: 340 Corporate Way, Suite 300, Orange Park, FL 32073 888 268 8770 904 278 0524 sqeinfo@sqe.com www.sqe.com
- 2. Ade Shokoya AgileTV Ade Shokoya is a Certified ScrumMaster and Scrum Professional, business analyst, and agile consultant who specializes in multi-million dollar agile transition projects. With more than eleven years of experience and a client list that includes internationally recognized companies including News Corps, Tesco, Metro, LexisNexis, and Capita, Ade Shokoya adopts a K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple & Straightforward) approach to agile transition. Ade is the author of Waterfall to Agile: A Practical Guide to Agile Transition and the founder of AgileTV.com where he regularly interviews world-leading agile experts and thought leaders.
- 3. A Presentation by Ade Shokoya
- 4. • A father and his two sons, a mother and her two daughters, a thief and a policeman are on one si of a river. • There’s a boat by the river bank, but it can only two people at a time. • Only the father, the mother and the policeman k how to operate the boat. • The father can not be with any of the daughters without their mother around. • The mother can not be with any of the sons with their father around. • The thief can not be with anyone else without th policeman around. How can you get everyone across to the other side the river?
- 5. "There are known knowns; there are things w know that we know. There are known unknown that is to say, there are things that we now kno we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know w don’t know.“ ~ United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld "We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osa Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead."
- 6. “Unknowns lead to uncertainty... Uncertainty leads to anxiety... Anxiety leads to cognitive biases!” (Scrum) Master Yoda
- 7. …a deviation of judgment from accuracy or logic - can lead to erceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, or illogical nterpretation Copyright Ade Shokoya 2012-20113
- 10. ates made during product tion stage typically out by a factor of x16 The more precise you the less accurate you
- 11. orilla basketball video here…
- 15. tendency to search for or interpret informat in a way that confirms one's preconceptions Cost: $125,000,000
- 16. Sequence 2,4,6 Fits Rule? equence: 2,4,6 attempts to discover the underlying rule of this 3 number equence
- 17. knowledge comes from experience and making decisions based on hat is known Best Plan Inspect & Adapt – because things rarely go as plan
- 18. erfall Define: Up front Deliver: In single batch emental uild a bit at a time. Calls for fully formed idea upfront tive d a rough version, validate it, then ly build up quality Source: Jeff Patton - http://www.agileproductdesign.com/blog/dont_know_what_i
- 19. ver a product inline with the following requirements: A gasoline-powered engine Top speed of 130mph Go from 0-60mph in four seconds A steering wheel CD Player/Digital Radio Drop Top Roof Heated Seats Four wheels Rubber tires mounted to each wheel 0. A steel body in racing red colour Build Cost = $40,000 Purchase Price: Cost $1,000 each First team to deliver what I want wins!
- 21. wisest man [person] is [the one] who that [they] know nothing“ ~ Socrates Valida t L e a r n ed ing
- 28. The minimum viable product is that product has just those features (and no more) that al you to ship a product that resonates with ear adopters; some of whom will pay you money give you feedback.”
- 30. Spotify Zappos Facebook Dropbox Copyright Ade Shokoya 2012-20113