Increasing Productivity by Uncovering Costs of Delay

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Fred Brooks once stated so wisely “How does a project get to be a year late? … One day at a time.” Lean Development and queuing theories offer help so that this won’t happen. The suggested remedy is to implement a steady flow in order to achieve maximum productivity. However, most teams and organizations are far from reaching that goal and moreover, it is often unclear which approach leads to what kind of delay. In-depth examination shows how generally accepted concepts such as Definition of Ready, Clean Code, or experts in a team can lead to costs of delay. In this In this session, Jutta presents simple tools and methods for uncovering hidden costs of delay. These tools and methods can be applied in various contexts: In small and large teams as well as in co-located and distributed teams. Using an agile approach will help to make these cost visible.

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Jutta Eckstein
Jutta@JEckstein.com, www.JEckstein.com
@JuttaEckstein
Increasing Productivity by
Uncovering Costs of Delay

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METRICS
ANALYSIS OF COSTS OF DELAY

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Transparency without Trust
©JanaFriedrich

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Velocity ǂ Productivity

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Average Cycle Time
Todo In Progress To be Reviewed Done

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Outcome vs. Output

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Outcome vs. Output
Successful customers
are the primary
measure of progress.
III

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Perspective of the User

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Analysis of the Value Stream

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METRICS
ANALYSIS OF COSTS OF DELAY

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Definition: Cost of Delay
It‘s the way to think
about the revenue you
can lose plus the cost
of continued
development.
Johanna Rothman

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Work in Progress

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Project 1 Project 2 Project 3
Earliest possible return-on-investment
2 4 6 Months
With Prioritization
Without Prioritization
(task switching not considered)
Multi Projecting

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Multi-Tasking

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Perfection

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Not Starting
©JanaFriedrich

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Repeating Mistakes

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No Excuses

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WRAPPING UP

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Lessons Learned
 Metrics only reliable in trustworthy environment
 Measure the creation and growth of the value
 Analyze and eliminate costs of delay

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Final Thought
You have to release it,
or no one can use it,
and you can‘t realize
any revenue at all.
@jlottsen

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Find out more:
http://leanpub.com/divingforhiddentreasures/c/AgileGreece

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Thanks!
Jutta Eckstein, @JuttaEckstein
Jutta@JEckstein.com, www.JEckstein.com

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