Todd Little

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Context Driven Agile Leadership One Size Doesnt
Fit All

• Todd Little
• Sr. Development Manager
• Landmark Graphics

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The Problem Software Delivery

Standish Group 2006, reported by CEO Jim Johnson,
CIO.com, How to Spot a Failing Project
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Why is Software Late?Genuchten 1991 IEEE
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Hurricane Rita
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It Depends

• Uncertainty We expect uncertainty and manage for
  it through iterations, anticipation, and
  adaptation.
• Context We improve effectiveness and reliability
  through situationally specific strategies,
  processes and practices.

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Hurricane Context

• Where is it?
• Where is it going?
• How fast are the winds?
• How big is it?
• How large are the swells?

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Project Context
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Uncertainty

• Uncertainty We expect uncertainty and manage for
  it through iterations, anticipation, and
  adaptation.

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Context Leadership Model
High
Uncertainty
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Uncertainty and Complexity
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Context Leadership Model

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Low
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High
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Context Leadership Model

High
Bulls
Colts
Simple, young projects.
Agility to handle uncertainty
Process definition to cope with complexity
Need agility
Tight Teams
Uncertainty
Cows
SheepDogs
Complex, mature market
laissez faire
Need defined interfaces
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Reduce Uncertainty or Complexity
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Swiss Stock Exchange

High
Bulls
Colts
User Interface
The Complete Release
Uncertainty
Cows
SheepDogs
Backend
Legacy Products
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Partitioning

Colt Project
Bull Program
SheepDog Project
Cow Project
Remember Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion
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First Integration Release

High
Bulls
Colts
New acquisitions
The Integration Release
Uncertainty
Cows
SheepDogs
Integration data model
Existing Products
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Integrating Software by Integrating People
Developers Conference Yearly
Creating the Future
PMM Quarterly
Friday_at_4 Weekly
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Products Lifecycle Paths

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Project Leadership Guide

Create Change
Embrace Change
High
Invent
Market Differentiating
Ad Hoc
Agile
Eliminate Change
Control Change
Manage
Offload
Low
Outsource
Structured
High
Low
Mission Critical
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A Tale of 4 Projects

High
Bulls
Colts
New Product Weekly Iterations Collocated
team Very active Product Owner
The Complete Release Paired Project
Management Frequent Integration
SheepDogs
Cows
Uncertainty
Relatively Mature Product Small collocated
team Same team for many releases Developers are
domain experts Iterationless
Relatively Mature Product 1 dominant customer 20
member distributed team 3 week Iterations Signific
ant automation testing
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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A Tale of 4 Projects
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Leadership Development
People
Business
Process
Technology
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Leadership Development

High
Bulls
Colts
Business Technology
Uncertainty
People Process
Cows
SheepDogs
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Portfolio Management

Bulls
Colts
Uncertainty
Cows
SheepDogs
Project Complexity
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• Create a place where people want to be not have
  to be
• Make sure everyone has what they need to
  succeed.

Great Leadership
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Contact
Todd Little tlittle_at_lgc.com www.toddlittleweb.com
www.accelinnova.com
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Questions?
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Synerzip in a Nut-shell

• Software product development partner for
  small/mid-sized technology companies
• Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology
  companies
• By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its
  respective clients
• Deep experience in full SDLC design, dev,
  QA/testing, deployment
• Technology and industry domain agnostic
• Dedicated team of high caliber software
  professionals
• Seamlessly extends clients local team, offering
  full transparency
• NOT just staff augmentation, but provide full
  mgmt support
• Actually reduces risk of development/delivery
• Experienced team - uses appropriate level of
  engineering discipline
• Practices Agile development responsive, yet
  disciplined
• Reduces cost dual-shore team, 50 cost
  advantage
• Offers long term flexibility allows
  (facilitates) taking offshore team captive aka
  BOT option

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Our Clients
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Thanks!
Call Us for a Free Consultation!
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• Your Questions?

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