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Reinventing Program ManagementShifting towards Lean-Agile

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Debbie BreyBoeing Agile COE LeaderAssociate Technical Fellow, iSPCT

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Where do Lean-Agile Transformations start?

Conceive Design Realize Service

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Chaos and Complexity have become the new norm

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Cynefin (kuh-NEV-in) Framework

Developed by Dave Snowden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework

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There is not a single simplistic approach that works

NR = Non-RecurringPrecedence-Based Product Development = ToC, CCPM, SAFe, …

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Designing the Program TransformationWhere are you today?

What constraints exist?Where would you like to be?

Schedule and stage-gate driven development

Baselined, predefined requirements

Command and control decision making

Structured and planned delivery

Validation of competed product

Focus on leveraging expertise Focus on learning

Early validation through stakeholder participation

Frequent delivery and feedback

Empowered teams, end-to-end responsibility

Customer-focused and prioritized emergent backlog

Iterative and incremental development

People organized in functional silos

People organized around value delivery

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Vision

Roadmap

Lean-Agile Approaches for Scheduling and Planning

EconomicFramework

Flexible Requirements

FixedRequirements

Based on Learning

Cadence-based Learning Cycles

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Release 1.0 Release 1.1

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Incorporate Integrated, Holistic Risk Management

Visual Work Management

Prioritization

Set-based engineering

Architectural runway

Collaborative, cross-functional organizational learning and planning

Small batch sizes

Levels of planning

Running the program and managing the risks are the same thing.

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Shifting toward Product Development Flow

Principles of Product Development FlowBy Don Reinertsen

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Change the Measures from Outputs to Outcomes

Vision

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

PI Objectives

Iteration Goals

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Continued Studies and Experiments

What must be true for a PM to have a “Perfect Day”?

Some key “jobs to be done” remain a constant for Program Managers to attend to:

Any management framework must adapt to the environment of the work to be done…

… such that a PM can do these jobs with greater ease and greater confidence of obtaining the desired outcomes than other choices.

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References Cynefin Framework:

- “A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making”, HBR 11/2007, Snowden and Boone

- Video Introduction to Cynefin, Dave Snowden https://cognitive-edge.com/videos/cynefin-framework-introduction/

Critical Chain Project Management:

- “Critical Chain” by Eli Goldratt

- Critical Chain Project Management by Larry Leach

- “The Critical Chain Implementation Handbook” by David Updegrove

Scaled Agile Framework

- https://scaledagileframework.com

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Thank you!