Cynefinin Action

Liz Keogh@lunivorehttp://lizkeogh.com

Differentiation and Cynefin

Deliberate Discovery

Real Options

Diversity and Chaos

A story aboutcontrolling change

If a project has no risks, don’t do it.

Differentiation

Katas

CommoditiesDifferentiators

Expedite

Spoilers

Cynefin

Simple

ComplicatedComplex

Chaotic

With thanks toDavid Snowden and Cognitive Edge

Cynefin

Simple

ComplicatedComplex

Chaotic

With thanks toDavid Snowden and Cognitive Edge

Disorder

The Innovation Cycle

CommoditiesDifferentiators

Automation

Differentiation

Commodities

Differentiators

Expedite

Differentiation

Commodities

Differentiators

Expedite Katas

Estimating Complexity5 4 3 2

1

Estimating ComplexitySelf-

driving

cars

MendingWatches

GPS

Dates

MannedMarsMission

AppleFanBase

SAP User

Registration

(unless you’re in the Energy business)

OMG OMG OMG!

Feature Injection

Vision

Makes moneySaves money

Protects money

PrimaryStake-holder

Goal

Neededto go liveIncidental

Stake-holder

Capability

Userscan achievea businessoutcome

Business Analyst

Feature

User interfacecomponent

which enablesa capability

UIDesigner

Story

A slice througha featureto enable

faster feedback

Often adeveloper

Scenario

An exampleof how the system

might behavefrom a userperspective

Dev, tester,analyst

Code

Ideas turning intorealityDeveloper

Visi

on

Goa

l

Capa

bilit

y

Feat

ure

Stor

y

Scen

ario

Code

Commodities

Analysis,breaking

thingsdown

Fractal beauty

Vision

Goal

Goal

Goal

Capability

Capability

Feature

Feature

Feature

Story

Story

Story

Scenario

Scenario

Code

Code

Code

GoalScenario

Goal

Feature

A Real Project

VisionGoal

Capability

Capability

Feature

Feature

Story

Story

Story

Scenario

Code

Code

Code

Whoops,forgot

Oops, didn’t know about

that…Look what I

found!

Don’t need this… Can’t

remember what this was for…

GoalScenario

Goal

Feature

A Real Project

VisionGoal

Capability

Capability

Feature

Feature

Story

Story

Story

Scenario

Code

Code

Code

Whoops,forgot

Oops, didn’t know about

that…Look what I

found!

Don’t need this… Can’t

remember what this was for…

Um

Er…

Oh!

Oh F… Dammit!

Hmm!

That’s funny!

Ooh, look!

Interesting! Sh..!Oops!

We’re discovering how todeliver software by doing it

Vision

Goal

Goal

Goal

Capability

Capability

Feature

Feature

Feature

Story

Story

Story

Scenario

Scenario

Code

Code

Code

We’re discovering how to discover stuff by doing it

Whoops,forgot

Oops, didn’t know about

that…Look what I

found!

Don’t need this…

Can’t remember what this was for…

Um…

Er…

Oh!

Oh F… Dammit!

Hmm!

That’s funny!

Ooh, look!

Interesting!

Sh..!Oops!

Different levels of granularity

Differentiators

Probe(try something

out)

“We can’t accept thisinto our backlog

withoutclear acceptance criteria”

Cone of Uncertainty

t

risk

Cone of Uncertainty

t

t

risk

Deliberate Discovery

Assume ignorance

Assume second order ignorance

Optimize for discovery

Risk (Newest Stuff) First

Vision

Goal

Goal

Goal

Capability

Capability

Feature

Feature

Feature

Story

Story

Story

Scenario

Scenario

Code

Code

Code

Feature

Goal

Capability

ScenarioCode

Story

High-level, risk-first

High-level, risk-first

Real Options

Options have value.

Options expire.

Never commit early unless you know why.

Two storiesbecause

options have value

Exercise

Discovery Commitment Ignorance Options

Dyads

Complete absence of a thing Too much

of a thing

Human Dyads

Consensus

When people connect,

people start to form

consensus

The Innovation Cycle

CommoditiesDifferentiators

shallow diveInto chaos

Ritual Dissentover a webcam!

Liz Keoghhttp://lizkeogh.com@lunivore