Fifty Shades of governance

David MorrisBA Development Day 2012

do you find governance sexy?

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meet Fred

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bringing sexy back … to projects

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topics

gover-what?what we are talking about

the fifty shadeswhen projects go bump in the night

lean governanceIntroducing ARGYLE, the sexy new look for projects

GOVER-WHAT?

WHAT GOVERNANCE IS

Governance means the laws, policies, rules, and processes of

how we run our countries …

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… how we run our state or city

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I told you I’d be back

… how we operate our businesses

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… in fact, it’s how all our processes are regulated and controlled

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… that includes change processes

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… in other words governance is how everything is regulated, not especially projects ... however, this talk is about how it applies to change initiatives and projects

… balancing delegation of authority with assurance it is wielded wisely

authority

assurances

oversight and support is many-layered …

many opportunities for ‘bloat’

paper/davidjcmorris/wrappers

authority assurances

WHY THIS MATTERS TO BUSINESS ANALYSTS

business analysis tasks are usually directed by governance

paper/davidjcmorris/badirected

… or focused on complying with governance

paper/davidjcmorris/bacomplying

… at senior levels, opportunities to operate governance processes

paper/davidjcmorris/bacontributing

… or even help define governance

paper/davidjcmorris/badefining

… either way, a lot of what we do is tied up with governance

paper/davidjcmorris/governance

THE FIFTY SHADES

‘shades’ are visitors from the underworld

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‘shades’ are what suck life from our projects

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Are there really fifty?

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… actually, there are hundreds of problems, however we can group and summarise these easily into fifty shades

The types of shade

benefits

• defining• scoping• tracking• protecting

oversight

• monitoring• assuring• authorising

decisions

• approval• intervening• readying• closing

people

• culture• champions• capability• assignments

defining benefits

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Oversight

Decisions

People

YES, THAT WAS 50!

cruel and unusual treatment

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?

we’re just a humble BA

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LEAN/AGILE PRACTICES

eliminate waste

wordpress/aubreydanielsblog/budgetwaste

improve flow

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reduce burden

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do not exceed the stated dose

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“tell me where to sign”

LEAN SIX-STEP ARGYLE

Gates are decision points

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What are the key questions

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time and cost

paper/davidjcmorris/timemoney

first three questions

paper/davidjcmorris/desirabilityfeasibilityviability

priorities

paper/davidjcmorris/priority

typical governance process

turn everything on its head

simplify

simplify

paper/davidjcmorris/gateswithingates

paper/davidjcmorris/argyle

ARGYLE within the NPD

paper/davidjcmorris/argylenpd

“it works for me”

How to implement it where you work

Thanks

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