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From Vision to Forecast Execution

Accelerating DONE DATES of WHAT Customers Value

by Pablo R. Bertorello

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Thus Far No Forecast DONE DATES for WHAT

Finishing Q3 for Halloween?

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Agenda

I. Proactive AlignmentII. Re-Definitions: WHAT, DONEIII. EnvisioningIV. ContextualizingV. Iterative Incremental ExecutionVI. Accelerating DONE DATES for WHAT

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I. Proactive Leadership Alignment

Who

Strategy: DougProduct: VipulEngineering: AmritAgile: MaximPablo

AlignmentManagement & LeadershipAll FunctionsProactive over ReactiveMajority, Consensus

Stakeholder: CEO

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II. Re-DefinitionsWHAT and DONE

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Business Value: WHAT We Do• Features delivered to

the stakeholder• And their major

architectural enablers • For which we make

investment decisions• To monetize, position,

gather info…

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An Epic (Feature) is DONE if:• Delivered to the end

customers• With adequate

quality • By every function,

rather than handover• Until then, it is still

Work in Progress

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III. EnvisioningA future outcome imagined

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Maximizing and Steering Inventiveness

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Inventiveness: Velocity of End Customer Feedback on DONE

Code

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IV. ContextualizingStrategy, Metric, Execution

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Strategy

Tentative approaches to make quantum progress to fulfill the vision

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Concrete Strategies Rather ThanProduct Build-out

Tentative approaches to make quantum progress to fulfill the vision

Address

Threats

Opportunity

Weakness

Strength

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Metrics: Trigger Experimentation

Tentative approaches to make quantum progress to fulfill the vision

Measures to confirm or refute progress toward the vision

Confirm or Refute

Threats

Opportunity

Weakness

Strength

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Execution

Tentative approach to make quantum progress

to fulfill the visionMeasures to confirm or refute progress toward the vision

WHAT we do: The epics and stories to develop

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Execution

Tentative approach to make quantum progress

to fulfill the visionMeasures to confirm or refute progress toward the vision

WHAT we do: the epics and stories to develop

+ Metric to

Develop

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V. Iterative Incremental Execution

WHAT and HOW

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Dashboard of WHAT Readily Readable by the Business

Tentative approach to make quantum progress

to fulfill the visionMeasures to confirm or refute progress toward the vision

WHAT we do: the epics and stories to develop

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WHAT vs. HOW of Execution

WHAT to Do [Product Owner]

HOW it’s Done

[Developers]

WHAT’s done [Stakeholders

]

WHAT Next? [Strategy]

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WHAT and HOW in Sprint

Story [Product Owner]

Only WHAT delivers business value, such that relative estimation can be easily provided, ordered

Design, Implementation [Developers]

HOW: technical task implementation breakdown at developer’s discretion

Confirmation [Stakeholders]

Any stakeholders receive demo of WHAT is DONE

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WHAT in, WHAT DONE

Story [Product Owner]

Only WHAT delivers business value, such that relative estimation can be easily provided, ordered

Design, Implementation [Developers]

HOW: technical task implementation breakdown at developer’s discretion

Confirmation [Stakeholders]

Any stakeholders receive demo of WHAT is DONE

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VI. Accelerating DATES for WHATThree Approaches for Strategies & Quarters

Oct 22-Nov 2

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1a. The Sun Tan Approach? Massive Productive Energy Spread Out

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1b. Focus on Fewer Deliverables?PIVOT: order down, from feature to platform, smaller MVP

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2. Remove Impediments to Increase DONE Velocity

Retrospect, Adapt, Align Cross-team

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3. Share Knowledge& Hire