NavigatingProjectUncertaintyAnExplorersToolkit
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Context– Project-BasedWork
IdeaCollaborationSessions
Listthecapabilities– BroadandShallow
NarrowtheScope
ArgueScopeIn- Easier
Argue Scope Out - Harder
ClassifytheCapabilities
EasyCanaskforanEstimate
AnalysisCanbeSolvedbySubjectMatterExperts
WorkshopsDerailed
CausesofDerailmentCan of WormsDifficult to contained once opened
Rabbit HoleA deep dark place that leads nowhere
Wild Goose ChaseA pointless waste of time and energy
CanofWormsTrickytoTackleorNoObviousAnswers
NamethePeopleandGroupsforEasyandAnalysisItems
CansofWorms– ExperimentsturnAssumptionsintoFacts
Expertise'Expertise can also get us in trouble. It can lead us to view problems in stereotyped ways. The sense of typicality can be so strong that we miss subtle signs of trouble...these shortcomings seem a small price to pay; however, there may be times when a fresh set of eyes proves helpful‘Klein, G. 1998. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions. MIT Press.
Experts Non-Experts
SomeoftheTheoryBehindtheContextandExperience
IdeaCollaborationSessionsStopUnfeasibleIdeasEarly
UsingCynefin inContext
The Cynefin Framework
by Dave Snowden 2014
UsingCynefin inContext
Obvious
Easy
UsingCynefin inContext
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Analysis
UsingCynefin inContext
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'Can of Worms'
UsingCynefin inContext
Obvious
Easy
Complicated
Analysis
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'Can of Worms'
Principles•Cover scope broadly and shallowly•Narrow the scope as early as possible•Argue scope in rather than argue scope out
•Classify the work – Easy, Analysis, Cans of Worms•Plan workshops around the different classifications
Principles
.....AndQuarantineThoseCansofWorms
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