Travelogue – To Leanville

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ContextLean ModelLessons LearnedScorecard

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webMethods circa 2010

Distributed | Diverse | Difficult

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webMethods circa 2010

Major Release

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

PlannedSlip

11000 known defects

months

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accelerating the flow of value to our customers

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Lean Adoption

People

Culture

Value Stream

Mindset

Cadence

Stop the Line

Kaizen

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Stagewise Promotion

Value Stream

Potentially shippable build

sets Cadence

Continuous Visible Flow

PULL THE CHORD

Limit WIP

Work (only) on the right features

Continuous Improvement

Learn. Apply. Repeat. Share

Virtual PO Single Backlog

Feature Management

Algorithm driven ranks

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Slow = faster

Key

Lessons

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Tests = € € €

Key

Lessons

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Progress = Get Simpler

Key

Lessons

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Change becomes self-sustaining

Key

Lessons

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Quality | Predictability | Productivity

circa 2010• 11000 Defects• Largely manual

testing

November 2013• 1200 Defects• Largely Automated

testing (50000 +)

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Quality | Predictability | Productivity

circa 201018 m release late by 9mad hoc fixes

November 20136m release on timescheduled Fixes

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Quality | Predictability | Productivity

circa 2010heavy, compliance-drivenprocessesmanagement tracking

November 2013light-weight, evolving

pull-based reports, self-tracking

Agile fluency

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