Greg Tutunjian presented on how visual planning techniques can accelerate and improve solution delivery. He discussed how his background in math, programming, and project management led him to focus on visual planning. He then described several visual planning tools - metaphor maps for alignment and visioning, strategy maps for enterprise planning and culture, and mind maps for collaboration and detailed planning. Through examples, he showed how these techniques have been effectively applied. Benefits of visual planning include being more engaging, reusable, and enjoyable. He recommended organizations adopt these techniques by ensuring diverse participation, maintaining artifacts, reusing plans, and experimenting with different approaches.

1. Visual Planning
How to Accelerate & Improve Solution Delivery
Greg Tutunjian
April 29, 2016
Northeastern University
College of Professional Studies
Project Management Conference 2016

2. Agenda
How I arrived here
History
Success stories &
real-life examples
Scope & Scale
Where & why this
proved effective
Direct Application
Experience you can
reuse
Accrued Benefits
How you can adopt
these techniques
Apply Liberally
Where to look for
effective guidance
Resources
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3. Personal History
Solutions TeamsApplications Enterprise
Experience 
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4. Math Major
Solution
Programming
ScrumMaster
& Agile Coach
Project &
Program
Manager
Application
Programming
Engagement History
1
2
3
4
5
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5. Vocabulary
 Accelerate:
 Cadence
 Repeatable
 Suitable for extrapolation
 Delivery:
 Demonstrable outcomes
 Appraisable outcomes
 Development:
 Iteration activities
 Prelude to Delivery
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6. Vocabulary
 Governance:
 Self-assessment
 Side-effect of Planning, Development & Delivery
 Solution:
 Adds value
 Improves Sustainability
 Sustainability:
 Self-organization
 Self-improvement
 Learning conditions
 Feels good
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7. Vocabulary
Visual Planning:
 Reusable:
 Vision
 Strategy
 Road Map
 Release Plan
 Iteration Plan
 Engaging:
 Fosters dialogue
 Enhances understanding
 Elicits compromise & agreement
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8. Scope & Scale: Tool Kit
1. Alignment & Visioning
 Metaphor Maps
2. Enterprise Planning & Culture
 Strategy Maps
3. Collaboration & Detail Planning
 Mind Maps
4. Enterprise Planning & Delivery
 Visual Planning Pipeline
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9. Scope & Scale: Visual Planning Traits
 Visual modeling language
 Language designed for engagement
 Promotes change (versus documents it)
 Highly interactive conversations (MS-Visio, Templates)
 Feel-good work
 Reference-able & reusable outcomes
 Inspirational experiences & outcomes
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10. Metaphor Maps
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11. Direct Application:
Metaphor Maps for Alignment & Visioning
Village Mapping Kit, Metaphor Language Research Center, Used With Permission
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12. Direct Application:
Metaphor Maps for Alignment & Visioning
Village Mapping Kit, Metaphor Language Research Center, Used With Permission
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13. Direct Application:
Metaphor Maps for Alignment & Visioning
Village Mapping Kit, Metaphor Language Research Center, Used With Permission
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14. Direct Application:
Metaphor Maps
U.S. Health Care System Model, Boston Facilitators Roundtable, Used With Permission
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15. Direct Application:
Metaphor Maps
U.S. Health Care System Model, Boston Facilitators Roundtable, Used With Permission
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16. Strategy Maps
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17. Direct Application:
Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture
Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content
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18. Direct Application:
Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture
Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content
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19. Direct Application:
Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture
Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content
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20. Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content
Direct Application:
Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture
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21. Direct Application:
Strategy Maps for Enterprise Planning & Culture
Strategy Map Tool Kit, The Palladium Group, Licensed Content
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22. Mind Maps
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23. Direct Application:
Mind Maps for Collaboration & Detail Planning
Enterprise-wide Engagement Planning, 2014
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24. Direct Application:
Mind Maps for Collaboration & Detail Planning
Enterprise-wide Engagement Planning, 2014
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25. Direct Application:
Mind Maps for Collaboration & Detail Planning
Enterprise-wide Engagement Planning, 2014
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26. Apply Liberally:
Visual Planning Pipeline
Strategy & Culture
Strategy Maps
Alignment & Vision
Metaphor Maps
Delivery
Mind Maps
Refinement
Inspection
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27. Accrued Benefits:
Reusable Learning Outcomes
1. Groups, especially distressed groups, prefer visual
planning over text-based planning
2. Visual planning artifacts quickly become reference
artifacts for strategic planning in addition to more
detailed planning
3. Quantifying visually is less intimidating than seeking
quantified metrics (especially for “Undone” work)
4. Visual planning is more enjoyable (and the more joy
people experience at work, the more prolific they
become)
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28. Apply Liberally:
Adoption Recommendations
1. Engage: Ensure you’re using diverse and wide
audiences (especially junior and new staff)
2. Maintain: Keep your artifacts on an Intranet, wiki, etc.
and post in public spaces as anchor points
3. Re-use: Continue to re-use (especially detailed mind
maps) to demonstrate progress and delivery
4. Refine: Continue to follow tool and methodology
evolutions and releases
5. Experiment: What works for one team, group, or
company may or may not work for another
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29. Resources
 Metaphor Maps:
 Metaphor Language Research Center, http://www.metaphormapping.com
 Ibid (eBooks), http://www.metaphormapping.com/category/library/ebooks
 Strategy Maps:
 The Palladium Group, http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com
 Strategy Maps (2014), Robert E. Kaplan, David P. Norton
 Mind Maps:
 Mind Manager, http://https://www.mindjet.com
 Inspiration, http://http://www.inspiration.com
 XMind, http://www.xmind.net
 iMindMap, http://imindmap.com/products/imindmap
 Mind Maps At Work (2005), Tony Buzan
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30. The End
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