fail fast forward: uc risk summit 2013

Fail Fast Forward: Agile & Innovation

Safa Hussain, IT Services UCDWilliam Oleksy CSM IT Services UCDJohn Miller CSP, PMP, ITIL Braintrust Consulting Group

•Grab an piece of paper•Write 3 types of risks in your projects•Share with your neighbor

John MillerCSP,CSM, CSPO, PMP, ITIL, HDI SCD

Agile Coach and Trainer

Will OleksyCSM

Safa Hussain

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case, you fail by default.

-JK Rowling, in a speech to Harvard graduates

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“The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms” – Socrates

Risk is….

“Is an uncertain event, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of project results.

If Risk is Uncertainty

…What is the nature of uncertainty?

“Uncertainty exists because of imperfect knowledge

Uncertainty is the water the Agile fish swims in -Ron

Jeffries

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Agile understands that uncertainty requires a mirror,

not a crystal ball

Learn Fast

Fail Fast

Fail Frequently

Fail Forward

Fail Small

Empirical Approach

Inspection

Adaption

TransparencyAdaptationInspection

Learning Not Predicting

Multitasking Game

Stop Starting, Start Finishing!

• Beat the clockBeat the clock!

In 60 seconds write down 3 ideas on how focus helps you fail and learn fast

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles,but most of them never happened

Mark Twain

Sprints

Airplane Game

Rules• Must fly 6 feet• Don’t poke out any eyes

2 Sprints• Planning• Building & Testing• Inspect & Adapt

Form Teams

Team of 6 8 Odd Rows Turn Chairs Around

Right to Pass, but please be an Observer

Round 1

PlanBuild/Fly Inspect & Adapt

2 Minutes2 Minutes2 Minutes

Round 2

Build/Fly Inspect & Adapt

2 Minutes2 Minutes

Group Share

Share out to your group what you learned in Sprints

TRANSPARENCYSunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants-Louis Brandeis

Information Radiators

Tool Implementation Plan

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Vision

Team Improvement

Impediments

Project Constraints

• Stand, stretch, and speak

Stand, Stretch, And Speak

Agile Fail Safe

Fail Fast

Fail Frequently

Fail Small

Fail Visibly

I will _______________

So that _____________

Resources

Braintrust Blog

Contact Us

erm@ucop.edu

John.miller@braintrustgroup.comwww.braintrustgroup.com