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Row together Row in the right direction Row faster Jason Yip @jchyip [email protected] http://jchyip.blogspot.com

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Using the metaphor of rowing boats to describe the key aspects of improving organisationsPresented at YOW! 2010 in Melbourne and Brisbane

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Row togetherRow in the right direction

Row fasterJason Yip@jchyip

[email protected]://jchyip.blogspot.com

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What’s going on here? Why didn’t it work?

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Was this a completely different situation or is

there a pattern forming?

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Hmmm... new problems popped up

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Different problems, different tactics... but is there an

underlying common model?

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Let’s talk about row boats

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You don’t win boat races by only focusing

on one aspect

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Rowing together Alignment / Coordination

Rowing in the right direction

Direction / Shared vision

Rowing faster Productivity / Skill

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What is “rowing together”?

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U-boats sunk

Before creation of Tenth Fleet (May 1943) 36 in 1.5 years

After creation of Tenth Fleet 75 in 6 months

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Rowing together is about systems, not

“talent”

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What is “rowing in the right direction”?

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NOT so much“we’ll invest more in space”

BUT more “man on the moon at the end

of the decade”

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“Simplify enterprise Java”

SpringSource

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What is “rowing faster”?

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Rowing faster is about high performance

individual behaviour

Craftsmanship Mastery

10 000 hours

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Rowing faster is also about high performance organisational behaviour

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Low performer High performer

Pass or fail Understood or not understood

Looking for results, even if caused by random luck

Looking for knowledge that produces results

Set passing thresholdsMake predictions in order to validate current model

of reality

Derived from The High Velocity Edge by Steven J. Spear

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Don’t be willing to accept ignorance about the contract of a component you rely on

High performance mindset

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A question for Takeshi Kawabe

“ What would you suggest should be done with a software development team where there is a significant difference in skill levels, let's say up to 10x difference?”

Who? See “Lean Thinking”

chapter on Showa Manufacturing

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“Set the best performers as the standard. Pair people with the masters in a master-apprentice model. Find other suitable jobs for those without aptitude. Like professional baseball players, you need to practice every day to be a professional. Software development is a team activity and teams are only as strong as their weakest link.”

not “second worst performer”

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How well does this model fit with my

experiences?

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Rowing together Alignment / Coordination

Rowing in the right direction

Direction / Shared vision

Rowing faster Productivity / Skill

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What problems existed at the defense contractor?• Rowing together? Despite all the “Hoshin

goals”, no. It’s like a portion of the boat just stopped rowing because their part was done.

• Rowing in the right direction? Probably

• Rowing fast enough? No. Typical problem with defense contracts. Way too slow to respond to events.

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What problems existed in the operations support role?• Rowing together? Seemed to be.

• Rowing in the right direction? No. Wishful thinking about the effectiveness of middleware and no intention to validate.

• Rowing fast enough? No. Did not even have basic knowledge about “rowing” (e.g., using a shared network drive rather than a VCS). Code-and-fix approach.

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What problems typically exist on Agile delivery and transformation

projects?

• Rowing together? Typically have problems with local optimisation for subset teams

• Rowing in the right direction? Sometimes unclear on the ground what the direction is. Typically direction is not validated.

• Rowing fast enough? Typically not as fast as they could be. Most places do not deliberately focus on developing skills.

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I’m just putting this out there

Metaphors may be useful... but are also risky

Shallow root cause?Quantitative support?

Observation bias?

Convenient fiction?

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Photographs• Underpants:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardoyork/2273413333/

• Elephant parts:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/archetypefotografie/3632454965/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbiehostetler/2456981718/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelhall/155809221/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussy_greg/255942923/

• U-boat:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mateus27_24-25/2329507830/

• Hippo:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_ellis/101111534/

• Dice:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/15327066/