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Doctrine or Dogma - Challenge Your Assumptions in a Friendly Way
The document discusses the importance of challenging assumptions and doctrines in a rapidly changing environment, emphasizing that strategy is essential for success. It introduces the concept of 'doctrine' as universally applicable patterns that can aid decision-making regardless of context. The document also highlights visualizing capabilities and doctrines through methods like value chains and Wardley mapping to enhance understanding and outcomes.
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- 1. DOCTRINE OR DOGMA? Challenge Your Assumptions ina Friendly Way! @erik_schon Managing Director Erlang Solutions Nordics #MapCamp Germany July 29, 2020
- 2. “You gotta challengeall assumptions. If you don't, what is doctrine on day one becomes dogma forever after” JOHN BOYD Strategist Inventor of the OODA “Loop” “Doctrine: Challenge assumptions” SIMON WARDLEY Strategist Inventor of Wardley Mapping
- 3. In a worldwhere the rate of change will never be slower than today, HOW CAN WE BE CERTAIN TO SUCCEED?@erik_schon #MapCamp
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- 5. We provide world-classexpertise in building innovative, scalable and resilient systems evolving the Erlang/Elixir open-source eco-system @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 6. 2.0 YEARS OFERLANG SOLUTIONS © 1999-2019 Erlang Solutions Ltd @erik_schon Executive Strategist Engineer Team Player Writer @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 7. In a worldwhere the rate of change will never be slower than today, HOW CAN WE BE CERTAIN TO SUCCEED?@erik_schon #MapCamp
- 8. Answer: STRATEGY! “Strategy is theart of manipulating an environment to gain a desirable outcome” Simon Wardley Sources The Art of War Wardley Maps The Essence of Winning and Losing @erik_schon #MapCamp Courtesy of Simon Wardley, CC BY-SA 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- 9. Let’s zoom inon DOCTRINE WHY Sun Tzu ALWAYS START assessing and preparing Who has more influential purpose? Who has more skilled leadership? Who is favored by landscape and climate? Who carries out doctrine more skillfully? Who has more capabilities? Who provides feedback more clearly? This shows who will succeed and who will fail. @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 10. DOCTRINE WHAT Doctrine is universally usefulpatterns that a user can apply regardless of context, landscape or climate NOTE Doctrine is never right, it has proven to be consistently useful for the time being @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 11. DOCTRINE WHAT Doctrine is universally usefulpatterns that a user can apply regardless of context, landscape or climate NOTE Doctrine is never right, it has proven to be consistently useful for the time being EXAMPLES from Wardley’s Doctrine Use a common language (communication) Focus on user needs (development) Know the details (operations) Bias towards data (learning) Move fast (leading) Think small teams (structure) @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 12. Let’s talk about CAPABILITIES WHY SunTzu ALWAYS START assessing and preparing Who has more influential purpose? Who has more skilled leadership? Who is favored by landscape and climate? Who carries out doctrine more skillfully? Who has more capabilities? Who provides feedback more clearly? This shows who will succeed and who will fail. @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 13. CAPABILITIES WHAT Capability is the abilityto fulfill a user’s need OR the ability of a Component to fulfill the need(s) of another component in a Value Chain or a Wardley Map @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 14. How to Visualize CAPABILITIES? VALUECHAIN - dependencies of needs Capability is the ability to fulfill a user’s need OR the ability of a Component to fulfill the need(s) of another component in a Value Chain or a Wardley Map @erik_schon #MapCamp Courtesy of Simon Wardley, CC BY-SA 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- 15. How to Visualize CAPABILITIES? SYSTEMANATOMY dependencies between capabilities for a PRODUCT Travel card reader in a bus @erik_schon #MapCamp Kristian Sandahl
- 16. ANATOMY OF EXCELLENT DEVELOPMENT dependenciesbetween capabilities in PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT How to Visualize CAPABILITIES? @erik_schon #MapCamp A way to visualize doctrine!
- 17. MATURITY MAPPING Context specificmaturity model for teams and organizations based on Wardley Mapping How to Visualize CAPABILITIES? Specific implementation of doctrine! Chris McDermott
- 18. Back to DOCTRINE ... Doctrineis universally useful patterns that a user can apply regardless of context, landscape or climate NOTE Doctrine is never right, it has proven to be consistently useful for the time being@erik_schon #MapCamp
- 19. Back to WARDLEY’S DOCTRINE... Courtesy of Simon Wardley, CC BY-SA 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- 20. WARDLEY’S DOCTRINE Let’s addsome order! Thanks Simon and Steve Purkis! Stop Self Harm Becoming More Context Aware Better for Less Continuously Evolving
- 21. If your assessmentshows this ... Courtesy of Simon Wardley, CC BY-SA 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- 22. … you needto prepare & look more like this! Courtesy of Simon Wardley, CC BY-SA 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- 23. Let’s challenge ourassumptions re: doctrine ... … with an EXPERIMENT!
- 24. WARDLEY’S DOCTRINE Let’s turnit into a VALUE CHAIN! Executive leadership team of the organization Certain success together with the organization’s stakeholders Successful communication Use a common language (necessary for collaboration) Challenge assumptions (speak up and question) Focus on high situational awareness (understand what’s being considered) Be transparent (a bias towards open) @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 25. WARDLEY’S DOCTRINE Let’s turnit into a WARDLEY MAP! Executive leadership team of the organization Certain success together with the organization’s stakeholders Successful communication Use a common language (necessary for collaboration) Challenge assumptions (speak up and question) Focus on high situational awareness (understand what’s being considered) Be transparent (a bias towards open) Value Chain Evolution This is new to us We are learning it We are doing it We can teach it to others
- 26. SUMMARY @erik_schon #MapCamp Doctrine: Challenge assumptions And, challenge doctrine Howcan we be certain to succeed? STRATEGY! ALWAYS START WITH assessing and preparing doctrine and capabilities Doctrine: universally useful patterns that a user can apply regardless of context, landscape or climate Visualize capabilities and doctrine EXPERIMENT Value Chain and Wardley Map of Wardley’s Doctrine
- 27. 2.0 YEARS OFERLANG SOLUTIONS © 1999-2019 Erlang Solutions Ltd For Further Learning Awesome List Wardley Maps Articles Duka & Hribar: Anatomy of Excellent Development Blogs McDermott: Maturity Mapping Schön: Seeing Around Corners Wardley: My Basics for Business Strategy Books Schön: The Art of Strategy – Steps Towards Business Agility Taxén et al: The System Anatomy Wardley: Wardley Maps Presentation Sandahl: What is a System Anatomy? Videos Borchardt: Getting Strategic on Peace and Justice Lamb: Investing in Innovation Schön: The Art of Strategy – Steps Towards Business Agility Wardley: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones @erik_schon #MapCamp
- 28. 2.0 YEARS OFERLANG SOLUTIONS © 1999-2019 Erlang Solutions Ltd THANK YOU! Q&A Erik Schön Managing Director, Nordics @ Erlang Solutions @erik_schon