Slides that supported my Agile Swarming Conference talk related to bringing empiricism into PBL approaches. Enabling business, discovery & delivery.

1. Empirical Up!
Product
Backlogs
Jürgen De smet
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2. FIRST THINGS FIRST…
> 1 year
Has a problem &
money to get it
solved
Will earn money by
delivering the solution to
the problem
Party A & B negotiations
will get us to the starting
line

3. Done
Done
Done
Done
Truly Done
FIRST THINGS FIRST…
> 1 year
Fixing defects,
better performance,
change requests…

4. Done
Done
Done
Done
Truly Done
% R.C.
> 1 year

5. Done
Done
Done
Done
Truly Done
% R.C.
% AvsE
> 1 year

6. Done
Done
Done
Done
Truly Done
% R.C.
% AvsE
# F.P.
> 1 year
Going from Scope to Time &
Money assumes a certain
productivity in the
organisation

7. Done
Done
Done
Done
Truly Done
% R.C.
% AvsE
# F.P.
ILLUSION
We have to absorb variation
We have to accept rework
We have to learn along the way
> 1 year

8. Transparency
Scrum
Adapt
Inspect
LEARNING CYCLE
P.D.C.A. cycle
P.D.S.A Cycle
Empirical Up!

9. SECONDLY…
MAIN PURPOSE?

10. Transparency
Scrum
Adapt
Inspect
Transparency
On a Possible
Future

11. Transparency
Scrum
Adapt
Inspect
Transparency
On a Possible
Future
Transparency
On “What is”

12. Transparency
Scrum
Adapt
Inspect
LEARNING on product level
Transparency
On a Possible
Future
Transparency
On “what is”

13. Terry’s Agility index
https://less.works/blog/courses/2016/04/19/terry-agility-index.html

14. Uncovering better ways?
Alternatives for your Product Backlog
Enabling business, discovery & delivery

15. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG

16. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
LEAD

17. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
LEAD

18. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
LEAD

19. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
Ass.
LEAD
How?
Behavior

20. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
Ass.
What?
Ass.
LEAD
How?
Behavior

21. W.I.G.
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
Ass.
What?
Ass.
MVP
3 Assumptions
Ass.
Ass.
Ass.
Lean
Startup
LEAD
How?
Behavior
Lowest cost possible
Validate

22. 8 teams x 7 people
= 56 people
= 560 man days
(per sprint)
56 people x 10 days

24. W.I.G. 4 Disciplines
of execution
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
Ass.
What?
Ass.
MVP
3 Assumptions
Ass.
Ass.
Ass.
Lean
Startup
Impact Mapping
LEAD
How?
Behavior
Lowest cost possible
Validate

25. W.I.G. 4 Disciplines
of execution
Trend Metric
LAG
Sprint -> Evaluation
Ass.
BUDGET
Who?
Ass.
What?
Ass.
MVP
3 Assumptions
Ass.
Ass.
Ass.
Lean
Startup
Impact Mapping
UX
Design thinking
• Empathy Maps
• Personas
• Customer Journey
• Use cases
Story maps
LEAD
How?
Behavior
Lowest cost possible
Validate

26. What?
What?
What?
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Who?
Who?
Who?
Who?
WIG
WIG
WIG
X
Delivery
Discovery
Your new Product Backlog…

27. Refinement state
Black hole - maximum uncertainty
Medium uncertainty
Minimum Uncertainty
Done state
In Development - not done
Develop done - not in production
In production
Positive
scenario #1
Positive
scenario #2
Negative
scenario #1
Negative
scenario #2
Payment rental
Relative complexity
High Complexity
Medium
Complexity
Low
Complexity
Payment
Visa
MC
Paypal
Other
Google
Wallet
Alexey Krivitsky
Inspired by…
Possibly Adding colour and scale to it

28. Aligning more teams & high levels of integration is…

29. …Enabling business agility

30. Don’t get stuck in practices

31. Does this kind of transparency support
Business based learnings?

32. What?
What?
What?
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Behaviour
Who?
Who?
Who?
Who?
WIG
WIG
WIG
X
Delivery
Discovery
Or is this a better approach?

33. What about this?

34. Or this…

35. Making a successful company requires
not a tight grip on a business plan
an intimate tango
with customers

36. “My Purpose”
“Empirical”
UP!
Help organisations to build
Great Products with Great Teams
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