Embracing Uncertainty: A Most Difficult Leap of Faith
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For the past couple of years, Dan North has been working with and studying teams who are dramatically more productive than any he's ever seen. In weeks they produce results that take other teams months. One of the central behaviors Dan has observed is their ability to embrace uncertainty, holding multiple contradictory opinions at the same time and deferring commitment until there is a good reason. Embracing uncertainty lies at the heart of agile delivery and is one of the primary reasons organizations struggle with agile adoption. We are desperately uncomfortable with uncertainty, so much so that we will replace it with anything-even things we know to be wrong. Dan claims we have turned our back on the original Agile Manifesto, and explains why understanding risk and embracing uncertainty are fundamental to agile delivery-and why we find it so scary. He describes how techniques like real options and deliberate discovery can expose dogma and make life more manageable. Join Dan to learn ways to face-and even embrace-uncertainty with courage and determination.
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- 1. KT1 Keynote 11/8/2012 8:30 AM "Embracing Uncertainty: A Most Difficult Leap of Faith" Presented by: Dan North Lean Technology Specialist 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. Dan North Lean Technology Specialist Programmer and organizational change specialist Dan North applies principles from lean operations and agile software development to help organizations align their technology capabilities with their business objectives. With twenty years of experience in IT, Dan is a frequent speaker at technology conferences worldwide, has published feature articles in numerous software and business publications, and contributed to The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends and97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts. The originator of Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and Deliberate Discovery, Dan is currently working on his book Patterns of Effective Delivery, helping organizations radically improve their delivery. He blogs at dannorth.net.
- 3. Embracing Uncertainty Dan North Dan North & Associates @tastapod
- 6. With apologies to George Lucas… Fear leads to Risk Risk leads to Process Process leads to Hate …and suffering and product backlogs @tastapod
- 7. With apologies to George Lucas… Fear leads to Risk Risk leads to Process Process leads to Hate …and suffering and product backlogs @tastapod
- 9. Snowbird 2001 Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan @tastapod
- 10. Everywhere 2012 Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan @tastapod
- 11. Everywhere 2012 Processes and tools over individuals and interactions Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan @tastapod
- 12. Everywhere 2012 Processes and tools over individuals and interactions Comprehensive documentation over working software Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan @tastapod
- 13. Everywhere 2012 Processes and tools over individuals and interactions Comprehensive documentation over working software Contract negotiation over customer collaboration Responding to change over following a plan @tastapod
- 14. Everywhere 2012 Processes and tools over individuals and interactions Comprehensive documentation over working software Contract negotiation over customer collaboration Following a plan over responding to change @tastapod
- 15. We crave certainty! Faith becomes religion Complex questions become simplistic answers Interpretation becomes dogma We would rather be wrong than uncertain @tastapod
- 16. So we resist uncertainty We resist uncertainty of scope We resist uncertainty of technology We resist uncertainty of effort We resist uncertainty of structure We resist uncertainty of the future @tastapod
- 17. Three Ages: a model of growth 1. Explore - optimize for discovery 2. Stabilize - optimize for repeatability 3. Commoditize - optimize for efficiency Agile methods optimize for the Second Age @tastapod
- 18. Agile methods optimize for certainty Certainty gives us predictability Predictability gives us repeatability Repeatability gives us a feeling of safety @tastapod
- 19. Deliberate discovery Ignorance is your biggest constraint You are second order ignorant (but not third!) Ignorance is multivariate and disjoint Some unexpected bad things will happen @tastapod
- 20. Deliberate discovery Ignorance is your biggest constraint You are second order ignorant (but not third!) Ignorance is multivariate and disjoint Some unexpected bad things will happen @tastapod
- 21. Deliberate discovery Ignorance is your biggest constraint You are second order ignorant (but not third!) Ignorance is multivariate and disjoint Some unexpected bad things will happen @tastapod
- 22. Deliberate discovery Ignorance is your biggest constraint You are second order ignorant (but not third!) Ignorance is multivariate and disjoint Some unexpected bad things will happen @tastapod
- 23. Real Options Options have value Options expire Commit deliberately “Never commit early unless you know why” @tastapod
- 24. Embracing uncertainty Embrace uncertainty of scope Embrace uncertainty of technology Embrace uncertainty of effort Embrace uncertainty of structure @tastapod
- 25. Why you won’t believe me Attribution bias Confirmation bias Bias bias But most of all, that craving for certainty! @tastapod
- 26. tl; dr Expect the unexpected @tastapod
- 27. tl; dr Expect the unexpectable Anticipate ignorance Embrace uncertainty – it’s inevitable! @tastapod