4 workshops to destroy silos

Most companies have silos, and they are creating a lot of frustration, wether you're aware of it or not. To change that we defined a 4 workshops process to go from an idea to it's implementation including persons from each perspective (business, product and IT):

1. Lighting session: presentation of the problem we're trying to solve or the initiative we wish to implement
2. Event Storming: create a map of the current process/system specific to the topic
3. Story Mapping: define solutions all together by focusing on persona, epics and User Stories drafts (think behavior, not deliverables)
4. Example Mapping: deep dive in the US and make them bullet proof (ou presque ;)

Good results so far but a few challenges (in part because of the current situation of confinement).

Transcript

1. 4 workshops to destroy silos (and improve collaboration)
2. http://next-grp.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-rouhaud-562b745b/ https://orouho.com https://twitter.com/orouho Co-founder @ Next Coach Agile @ Vestiaire Collective
3. Super PO Collaboration: what it used to look like The Holy dev team Business stakeholders Core Team
4. Collaboration: what it looks like now Core Team Business & Product Dream Team
5. Collaboration: what we want it to look like Awesome Team Core Team
6. Lightning Session: create alignement What’s the problem? Indicators & key results Existing solutions Don’t prepare too much Keep it short!
7. Event Storming: know the system Use everyone’s knowledge Focus on the existing system Where do we create value? Which part makes you wanna cry? Limit the scope Law of Actor Result
8. Story Mapping: define the path Define the persona Behavior, not features Draft of User Stories Reduce complexity Manage people focus & energy Finding out it’s not clear is a good thing! Priority Tell the tale Focus on Business impact Create iterations One path at a time
9. Example Mapping: from tests to implementation Don’t forget NFR Creating the dynamic can be hard! Great way to split stories 3 amigos comes a long way
10. Does it really works? Takes time Company culture Find strong sponsors
11. Special thanks to Dilbert, the Minions & Unsplash for the pictures NicoCo for his feedback on the slides And to you for listening until the end Any question? Post your feedback on using the QR code
12. A few links Google Lightning talks: https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/methodology/phase1-understand/lightning-talks Event Storming https://www.eventstorming.com/ https://medium.com/@springdo/a-facilitators-recipe-for-event-storming-941dcb38db0d Value Stream Mapping https://tallyfy.com/value-stream-mapping/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqITtlgFSI Story Mapping https://www.jpattonassociates.com/user-story-mapping/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnU_R0mu98 Extreme Quotation https://blog.octo.com/en/extreme-quotation-agile-planning-on-steroids/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kzJARYetFU Example Mapping https://xebia.com/blog/example-mapping-steering-the-conversation/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gID0boETxJQ Remote workshops: http://orouho.com/2020/04/02/how-to-make-your-full-remote-workshops-efficient/ About estimates: http://orouho.com/2019/11/27/do-you-really-need-estimates/