Planning for the Unpredictable

Our newfound approach to lean web operations

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1. We run your websites. You run your business. Lean Web Operations —
 Planning for the Unpredictable Jochen Lillich
2. We run your websites. You run your business. Who needs project management?
3. We run your websites. You run your business. “Not us.”
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6. We run your websites. You run your business. #fail lack of focus
7. We run your websites. You run your business. Marten Mickos “The success of a CEO is measured by the results delivered.”
8. We run your websites. You run your business.
9. We run your websites. You run your business. My favourite DevOps book Read it.
10. We run your websites. You run your business. What had to change • Team members taking on too much work • Know-how ➡ bottleneck • Unplanned work disrupting flow • Not enough visibility of WIP • No clear way of deciding what tasks we'd tackle next
11. We run your websites. You run your business. What we needed • A method for visualising and limiting our Work In Progress (WIP) • A way to easily prioritise both business projects and internal initiatives • An approach to limit the impact of unplanned work on the flow of our work
12. We run your websites. You run your business. Visualising WIP with Kanban
13. We run your websites. You run your business. The RICE formula priority = R x I x C - E
14. We run your websites. You run your business. Ranking criteria • Relevance: Why should we do it? • Impact: How big is its effect? • Confidence: How much have you thought it through? • Effort: What will it cost us?
15. We run your websites. You run your business. Relevance • 5: business-critical • 4: eliminates high risk • 3: creates new opportunity • 2: eliminates medium risk • 1: improves efficiency
16. We run your websites. You run your business. Impact • 3: fundamental • 2: major • 1: incremental
17. We run your websites. You run your business. Confidence • 100%: full confidence • 80%: high confidence • 50%: low confidence
18. We run your websites. You run your business. Reining in unplanned work • Support requests • Customer orders • Incidents • Security updates
19. We run your websites. You run your business. The Libero
20. We run your websites. You run your business. Results • Consistent response times • Increased project velocity • Easy project selection • Improved team morale • Positive customer feedback
21. We run your websites. You run your business. Stop starting. Start finishing.
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