Does prioritizing your development portfolio seem unclear or mired in politics? Ever feel like the decisions for what gets worked on when are somewhere between arbitrary and emotional? Ever get tired of providing cost estimates for work of uncertain value? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, this session is for you! Matt Barcomb will open with introductory concepts about shifting from a cost focus to a value focus for development work. Next, providing business value for user stories will be debunked. Then, a collaborative framework for prioritization, Benefit Mapping, will be discussed. Finally, Matt will end with ways to simplify the cost evaluation of work and risk.
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Spectrum of knowable stuff
Routine
manufacturing
Complex
manufacturing
Physical
product dev.
Scientific
research
Mass
construction
Software
product dev.
Enterprise
ERP impl.
Knowable upfront details
Knowable responses to risks
Knowable links between
cause & effect
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Shift the focus
Primarily focus on
understanding value
Evaluate risk and
opportunity costs
Learn just enough about
costs to choose to start
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Cost of Delay
How much are you loosing
because it’s not already done?
Can over-focused on money
Can lead to mythical dollars
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#AAB16
matt.barcomb@LeanDog.com
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