stay focused

Stay

A talk by Alexandru Bolboaca@alexboly

alex.bolboaca@mozaicworks.com

Focused!

The Ever-Pivoting Company

The Neverending Ideas

Why Focus?

1.Clarify vision

2.Minimize noise

3.Eliminate anything that doesn't add value

4.Stop starting, start finishing

5.Clear the collective mind of the team

“Real artists ship”

Steve Jobs

10 Practices for Focus

1.Value Stream Mapping

2.Visual Management

3.Remove Blockages

4.Deal with Bottlenecks

5.Resource Availability

6.Staff Liquidity

7.Effective Meetings

8.Limit Interruptions

9.Plan Learning

10.Improve Flow

I'm guilty for this talk!

Alexandru Bolboacă

Trainer, coach, polyglot programmer with international experiencealex.bolboaca@mozaicworks.com

@alexboly

1. Value Stream Mapping

Brainstormidea

Detailidea

Sketch UI Code Test Deploy

2. Visual Management

Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy

RefactoredCode Review

Reviewed withJohn

Paper mock-up

Acceptance tests defined

0 major issues

Vision: Change the world

Objective: Get 100 more paying users

Blocked

3. Remove Blockages

Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy

RefactoredCode Review

Reviewed withJohn

Paper mock-up

Acceptance tests defined

0 major issues

4. Deal With Bottlenecks

Ideas Features UI design Code Test Deploy

RefactoredCode Review

Reviewed withJohn

Paper mock-up

Acceptance tests defined

0 major issues

Bottleneck!

5. Ensure Resource Availability

Where's that document????

6. Ensure Staff Liquidity

Your best people should have the least

tasks assigned

7. Do Effective Meetings

1. Initiator facilitates

2. Clear objectives

3. Defined structure

4. Keep the timing

5. Leave with actions

6. Do a retrospective

“Discuss X” is not an objective

8. Minimize Interruptions

Don't interrupt me now! I'm focused.

9. Plan your team's learning

1. Self-assessment

2. Prioritize

3. Plan actions for 2 weeks, 1h / week

4. Make a demo

5. How to improve?

10. Improve Flow

Ideas Features (2) UI design (1) Code (1) Test (1) Deploy

RefactoredCode Review

Reviewed withJohn

Paper mock-up

0 major issues

1. Limit WIP

2. Monitor Cycle Time

3. Improve Your Process

10 Practices for Focus

1.Value Stream Mapping

2.Visual Management

3.Remove Blockages

4.Deal with Bottlenecks

5.Resource Availability

6.Staff Liquidity

7.Effective Meetings

8.Limit Interruptions

9.Plan Learning

10.Improve Flow

Your Questions?

“The important thing is not to stop questioning”

I'm guilty for this talk!

Alexandru Bolboaca

alex.bolboaca@mozaicworks.com

@alexboly

http://alexbolboaca.ro

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