1.
It All Starts
With An Idea…
Kicking Off Initiatives for Success
Craig Smith

2.
Welcome
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3.
The Basics
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4.
Why?
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5.
Approaches

6.
Approaches

7.
Approaches

8.
Approaches

9.
Approaches

10.
Approaches

11.
Approaches

12.
Approaches

13.
Approaches

14.
Approaches

15.
Approaches

16.
Approaches

17.
Approaches

18.
Need to go FASTER
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19.
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Dilemma

20.
Avoid the Water (Scrum Fall)
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21.
Diving In
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22.
It all starts with an #idea…

23.
Where
Do
Ideas
Come
From?
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24.
Continuously Gather Ideas!
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25.
Record Ideas (Simply)

26.
Need a
sponsor to
help push
your idea
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27.
Visualise (Simply)

28.
Problem
(#opportunity)
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29.
Let’s Start…

30.
Facilitiate
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Discuss Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDS9FhGWIAEYZ9z.jpg

32.
Pitch

33.
Pitch

34.
Pitch

35.
Pitch

36.
Conversation
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37.
As Is / To Be Map

38.
Start
Here
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39.
Features &
Scope

40.
Risks & Issues

41.
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Success
(#everythingisawesome)

42.
Stakeholders

43.
Stakeholders

44.
Stakeholders

45.
Success
Tradeoffs

46.
Understand
happiness
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47.
Quality
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48.
Impact Mapping

49.
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Design Thinking

50.
Viability (#noestimates)
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51.
Finger In
The Air
(like you
just enough
care…)
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52.
Super Simple Estimation
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53.
Super Simple Estimation
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SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT!

54.
As for poker…
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55.
“You never count
your money when
you’re sitting at
the table, there’ll
be time enough
for counting
when the
dealings done”
-- Kenny Rogers
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56.
Experiment!
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57.
Benefits
= Value

58.
Should We
Do This?
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59.
Visibility (#portfolio #usefuldoco)
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60.
Business Case

61.
Push To Discovery

62.
Pull Into Delivery

63.
Showcase &
Retrospective
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64.
“Know when to
hold ‘em, know
when to fold ‘em,
know when to
walk away know
when to run…”
-- Kenny Rogers
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65.
Next
Steps
(#whereto
fromhere)
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66.
Start Experimenting
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67.
…or start discovery
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68.
As / when
required…

69.
Everything adds value

70.
But we do projects at scale…
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71.
But my team does small or
on-demand work…
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72.
But my team does BAU…
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73.
#Wrap Up
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74.
• Start with an Idea –
simple capture; visualise
• Understand the problem -
discuss; map; scope; RAIDs
• Define Success –
stakeholders; tradeoffs; quality; impacts
• Viability –
size; benefits / value
• Visibility –
simple capture; showcase; retrospective
• Get started –
experimentation or discovery
Recall

75.
Welcome ideas, give them light

76.
Keep it simple

77.
No gold medals
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78.
Responding to
change
over
following a
plan
Go
back
to
basics

79.
Turn ideas
into success
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80.
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Deliver awesome!

81.
Questions?
Craig Smith
http://www.craigsmith.id.au
craig@craigsmith.id.au
@smithcdau