Context Driven Agile Leadership
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The document discusses context-driven leadership and managing projects based on their level of uncertainty and complexity. It describes a model where projects are categorized as sheepdogs, cows, bulls, or colts based on having low or high levels of uncertainty and complexity. The appropriate leadership approach depends on the project type - sheepdog projects need agility, cow projects need defined interfaces, bull projects need both agility and process, and colt projects are laissez faire. Reducing uncertainty or complexity can involve changing attributes like team size or location. Leadership requires a balance of developing processes, people, technology, and business skills to match the project context.
Context Driven Agile Leadership
- 1. www.synerzip.com Todd Little Sr. Development Manager Landmark Graphics Context Driven Agile Leadership One Size Doesn’t Fit All
- 2. www.synerzip.com The Problem: Software Delivery Challenged 46% Failed 19%Succesful 35% Standish Group 2006, reported by CEO Jim Johnson, CIO.com, ‘How to Spot a Failing Project’
- 3. www.synerzip.com Why is Software Late? Genuchten 1991 IEEE General Manager Project Manager Item H H Customer/management changes L H Overall complexity H H Unrealistic project plan M H Staffing problems H L Insufficient front end planning
- 5. www.synerzip.com It Depends Uncertainty: We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation. Context: We improve effectiveness and reliability through situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.
- 6. www.synerzip.com Hurricane Context Where is it? Where is it going? How fast are the winds? How big is it? How large are the swells?
- 8. www.synerzip.com Uncertainty Uncertainty: We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.
- 9. www.synerzip.com Context Leadership Model Project Complexity Uncertainty Low Low High High
- 10. www.synerzip.com Uncertainty and Complexity Uncertainty Complexity Attribute Range Attribute Range Market Mature or New Team Size <5 to > 100 Technical Proven or New Mission Critical Speculative or Business Critical # Customers 1 or many Team Location Local or Distributed Duration 3 months or 2 years Team Maturity New or Experienced Change Change control or Embrace change Domain Gaps Gaps or Team of domain experts Dependencies None or Several
- 11. www.synerzip.com Context Leadership Model Project Complexity Uncertainty SheepDogs Cows BullsColts Low Low High High
- 12. www.synerzip.com Context Leadership Model Project Complexity Uncertainty Simple, young projects. Need agility Tight Teams SheepDogs Complex, mature market Need defined interfaces Cows Bulls Agility to handle uncertainty Process definition to cope with complexity laissez faire Colts Low Low High High
- 13. www.synerzip.com Reduce Uncertainty or Complexity Uncertainty Complexity Opportunities to Reduce Uncertainty: Use proven technologies Reduce project duration Opportunities to Reduce Complexity: Collocate the team Break project into sub-projects Attribute Score Market ███ Technical ███ # Customers █████████ Duration █████████ Change ███ Attribute Score Team Size █████████ Mission Critical █████████ Team Location █████████ Team Maturity ███ Domain Gaps ███ Dependencies █████████
- 14. www.synerzip.com Swiss Stock Exchange Project Complexity Uncertainty User Interface SheepDogs Backend Cows Bulls The Complete Release Legacy Products Colts Low Low High High
- 15. www.synerzip.com Partitioning SheepDog Project Cow Project Colt Project Bull Program Remember: Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion
- 16. www.synerzip.com First Integration Release Project Complexity Uncertainty New acquisitions SheepDogs Integration data model Cows Bulls The Integration Release Existing Products Colts Low Low High High
- 17. www.synerzip.com Integrating Software by Integrating People Developers’ Conference Yearly PMM Quarterly Friday@4 Weekly Creating the Future
- 18. www.synerzip.com Products Lifecycle Paths Uncertainty Complexity Product Lifecycle Low High Dog Cows Low High Bulls Skunks Colts A B C
- 19. www.synerzip.com Project Leadership Guide Market Differentiating High Low Mission CriticalLow High Invent ManageOffload Create Change Embrace Change Eliminate Change Control Change Ad Hoc Agile Outsource Structured Deploy
- 20. www.synerzip.com A Tale of 4 Projects Project Complexity Uncertainty New Product Weekly Iterations Collocated team Very active Product Owner SheepDogs Relatively Mature Product 1 dominant customer 20 member distributed team 3 week Iterations Significant automation testing Cows Bulls The Complete Release Paired Project Management Frequent Integration Relatively Mature Product Small collocated team Same team for many releases Developers are domain experts Iterationless Colts Low Low High High
- 21. www.synerzip.com A Tale of 4 Projects A Cow A Colt A Dog A Bull Team Size 25 (4 teams) 8 5 38 (6 teams) Distributed Global (3 sites) Local Local Global (3 sites) Scrums MWF and T-Th Daily MWF As needed Iteration Length 3 weeks 1 week Iterationless Iterationless Testing Multi-level regression tests Automated Smoke Test Unit tests Product Owner very involved Unit tests, limited automation tests Automated Smoke Test and regression tests
- 23. www.synerzip.com Leadership Development Project Complexity Uncertainty SheepDogs Cows BullsColts Low Low High High Business & Technology People & Process
- 24. www.synerzip.com Portfolio Management RAPID Quadrant Assessment 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 Project Complexity Uncertainty Project Complexity Uncertainty SheepDogs Cows BullsColts
- 25. www.synerzip.com Create a place where people want to be not have to be Make sure everyone has what they need to succeed. Great Leadership
- 27. www.synerzip.com 2727 27 Questions? www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349
- 28. www.synerzip.com 2828 Synerzip in a Nut-shell 1. Software product development partner for small/mid-sized technology companies • Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology companies • By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients • Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment • Technology and industry domain agnostic 2. Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals • Seamlessly extends client’s local team, offering full transparency • NOT just “staff augmentation”, but provide full mgmt support 3. Actually reduces risk of development/delivery • Experienced team - uses appropriate level of engineering discipline • Practices Agile development – responsive, yet disciplined 4. Reduces cost – dual-shore team, 50% cost advantage 5. Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore team captive – aka “BOT” option
- 30. www.synerzip.com 3030 30 Call Us for a Free Consultation! www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349 Thanks!
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