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- 1. Managing with Data Know Where You’re Going. Know Where You’ve Been.
- 2. % US BUSINESS LEADERS WHO EXPECT THEIR IT PROJECTS TO FAIL 75
- 4. Different projects require different approaches. There is no magic process.
- 6. PREPARATION
- 7. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
- 9. PREPARATION
- 10. SET GOALS You can be flexible and adapt to changing situations. Having goals and setting milestones allows you to understand the impact that change has.
- 11. SCOPE AND GROOMUnderstand the level of effort required to complete each task, then ensure you have the resources and bandwidth to ensure it can be accomplished.
- 12. LET’S VIEW A SPREADSHEET!
- 13. COMMUNICATION
- 14. Bad news does not improve with age. Shannon Hager, Earlier Today
- 15. SOMETIMES THE PICTURE IS UGLY But that’s when it’s the most important to communicate.
- 16. LET'S VIEW THE DASHBOARD!
- 17. Anecdotes should be used sparingly and only in support of facts.
- 18. Sometimes it feels like the EDM API services are down every morning. ANECDOTE This is easily dismissed by leadership. Surely their services aren’t down every morning. “ “
- 19. FACT The EDM Services have been down every morning this week and we can tell you for how long and what impact it has had on our team.
- 20. Borrower Portal spilled several stories this Sprint, we need more oversight. ANECDOTE It’s easy to assign blame, but finding and eliminating the root cause of a problem is the only action that matters. “ “
- 21. FACT During the latest Sprint, the Borrower Portal team was directly impacted by 47.9% of the outages and blockers. This is the root cause of spillover.
- 22. It seems like adding Gabe to the Admin Portal team has helped. ANECDOTE The results of decisions feel right, but is there any hidden cost? Did this move really help? “ “
- 23. FACT Adding Gabe to the team was important, as demands for time outweighed available resources.
- 24. FACT Due to API’s becoming available later than expected and PTO requests for team members, the Admin Portal team had a resource deficit.
- 25. WHAT WE’VE GOT HERE, IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
- 26. Communicate all of the information available, regardless of the anticipated response. It’s our duty as consultants.
- 28. Business leaders want information that is both honest and actionable.
- 29. OUR JOB IS TO INFORM But we cannot control what a client does with the information
- 30. ADAPTATION
- 31. If API’s aren’t on- boarded, we can use mock data and hard coded tokens. UNKNOWNS Yes, we can always build a workaround, but what debt do we incur? How does that impact future Sprints and our Goals? “ “
- 32. EXPOSE DEBT AND RISK Everyone knows that workarounds aren’t ideal, but do we know why? And do we know how much debt we have created?
- 33. MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS API blockers require that we pivot to addressing UI issues. We can quickly see the impact this has and adjust resources accordingly.
- 34. Empower clients to be flexible by ensuring they have the necessary information to make the right decisions.
- 35. TRUST
- 36. Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
- 37. THERE ARE NO REDSHIRTS ON YOUR TEAM
- 38. BE FLEXIBLE Allow people to take PTO and have a good quality of life. Understand and adjust for fluctuating resources; communicate your plans.
- 39. We need to get some eyes on the preview and see what I missed, what needs changed, etc. The sooner the better. Testing is a mess right now for the reasons Bhuvana mentioned, because it returns all draft loans instead of by site, because the user is hardcoded, etc. LISTEN TO YOUR TEAM MEMBERS Listen to feedback and try to find data to support the anecdotal evidence that your team calls out. If a problem exists, it should be exposed in the data. “ “