Productivity, prioritisation,
and progress
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Productivity
1. Focus on Value
2. Deliver Value
3. Optimise Value
4. Optimise for Systems
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Focus on Value
• This is a team culture shift
• See progress from business perspective
• Redirect teams when needed
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Deliver Value
• Team skills shift over time
• Ship on market cadence
• Capture value frequently
• Reveal obstructions early
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Optimise Value
• Organisational structure shift
• Make excellent product decisions
• Eliminate handoffs
• Speed decision making
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Optimise for Systems
• Organisational culture shift
• Cross-pollinate perspectives
• Stimulate innovation
• Optimise value stream
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Q: How do teams create realistic roadmaps
and stick to them in the face of ever-
changing business requirements?
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Q: How do teams create realistic roadmaps
and stick to them in the face of ever-
changing business requirements?
A: They don't
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You can't stick to your roadmap
in those conditions.
You have to adapt.
You can't plan for adaptation
but you can strategise for it.
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Strategies for adaptation
• Focus, focus, focus
• Debate assumptions, not predictions
• Establish consistent terminology
• Solve toughest problems first
• Monitor and measure
• Review
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Key points
1. Focus on the value you're delivering and optimise for that
2. Accept that the only way forward is adaptation
3. Establish strategies for responding to change
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