The document discusses tilting the triangle, which refers to shifting project management from a traditional "uphill triangle" approach to a "downhill triangle" approach. The downhill triangle focuses on early delivery through patterns like "Demo or Die" and sprint planning. It emphasizes transparency, inspection and adaptation over time. The general principles include shifting from push to pull, prioritizing the important over the urgent, and making the implicit explicit. Tilting the triangle aims to avoid issues like crisis meetings and escalations that typically occur late in an uphill triangle approach.

1. Tilting the Triangle
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12. Overview
1_ Intro
2_ Why: Tilting the Triangle
3_ How: General principles
4_ What: 9 Tilting the Triangle Patterns
5_ Values

13. 2_ Why: Tilting the Triangle

15. In complex
environments, we
tend to lose it
towards the end.
_ crisis meetings
_ escalations
_ angry people
_ fear
_ arguments
_ frustration
_ ...

16. “Why the f... didn’t we notice this earlier?”
In complex
environments, we
tend to lose it
towards the end.
_ crisis meetings
_ escalations
_ angry people
_ fear
_ arguments
_ frustration
_ ...

17. The Uphill Triangle

25. The Downhill Triangle

26. The magic happens

27. The Downhill Triangle

28. 3_ How: General principles

29. From Push to Pull
the “little voices” in your head

30. First what is important, then what is urgent.

31. First what is important.

32. Making the implicit explicit.

33. 4_ What: Tilting the Triangle Patterns

35. Pattern #1: Demo or Die

37. Pattern #2: Sprint

38. Pattern #3: Standups

39. Pattern #4: Visualize

41. Pattern #5: Definition of Done
alpha → beta → release candidate → QA

43. Pattern #6: The Ugly Baby

45. Pattern #7:
Focus on the
problem instead
of the solution

47. Pattern #8: Consent instead of consensus
Are there any objections jeopardizing
our goal?
Is it good enough for now, safe enough to try?

48. Number 1 enemy for every project/process/company
Procrastination by working

49. Pattern #9: Friction instead of procrastination.
Feel uncomfortable early.

50. 5_ Values

51. Transparency

52. Inspection

53. Adaptation

55. Q&A
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