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HOW DO WE
DO THIS,
BUT NOT IN A
CRISIS?
Unless scope is
flexible,
organisations do
not benefit from
agile
As a Sales Manager
● In order to monitor
inventory
● I want …. report
●
http://blogs.coldfusion.com/assets/content/roadmap/ColdFusion%20RoadMap.pdf
Flexible scope
without big-picture
thinking is a disaster
variation:
seek out new
ides and try new
things
“Palchinsky Principles” from Adapt, Tim Harford
survivability:
do it on a scale
where failure
is survivable
“Palchinsky Principles” from Adapt, Tim Harford
selection: seek
out feedback
and learn from
your mistakes
“Palchinsky Principles” from Adapt, Tim Harford
http://blogs.coldfusion.com/assets/content/roadmap/ColdFusion%20RoadMap.pdf
http://blog.mindmup.com/p/storage-options.html
VARIATION:
PLAN TO LEARN
USER STORIES
ARE JUST
OPTIONS, NOT
COMMITMENT
SELECTION:
PLAN TO
DISCARD
MISTAKES
As a Sales Manager
● In order to monitor
inventory
● I want …. report
●
●

In order to monitor
inventory
●

In order to monitor
inventory faster
USER STORIES
NEED
BUSINESS
METRICS
SURVIVABILITY:
PLAN TO NOT
KILL THE
COMPANY
BIG PICTURE THINKING!
USER
STORIES ARE
SURVIVABLE
EXPERIMENTS
Story Maps

Compulsive book buyer

Receive books quicker

Order books online

Find
book I
want

Collect
books

Commit
order

Deliverable achieving impact
(Scenario delivers output)

Wait for
book

Receive
book

user
activities

necessity

time
browse
best
sellers

put into
basket

enter
address

receive
delivery
notificat.

search
book by
title

create
wish list

pay with
credit
card

inquiry
order
status

receive
delivery
slip

user
stories
Great results happen when
People know why they are doing their
work
● Organisations focus on delivering
outcomes and impacts rather than
features
● Teams decide what to do next based
on immediate and direct feedback
from the use of their work
● Everyone cares
●
Gojko Adzic
gojko@gojko.com

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