📚 the phoenix project

• concepts
  • the three ways
    • first way: create fast flow of work
    • second way: shorten and amplify feedback loops
    • third way: create a culture of experimentation
  • lean manufacturing
  • kanban
  • situational awareness
  • theory of constraints
  • categories of work
    • business projects
    • internal projects
      • e.g. tech debt
    • changes
      • e.g. rework, minor bug fixes (??)
    • unplanned work
      • e.g. firefighting
• characters
  • brent
• ABCs
  • arbitrary deadlines (urgent date-driven project)
    • impact: on real people, motivation & culture
  • waterfall project management
  • hero-driven development (brent)
  • no visibility of WIP (what’s on your TODO list right now?)
    • list of organisational commitments
  • last-minute urgent meetings
    • impact: waste of time with no understanding of whether meeting was effective
  • single node (team or individual) lodged in major workflows
• quotes
• principles
  • gripes go up, not downprinciples
  • WIP is the silent killerprinciples
• leadership
  • goal: ensure the fast, predictable and uninterrupted flow of planned work which has value to business, whilst minimising impact & disruption of unplanned work. to provide stable, predictable, secure delivery
• actions
  • get list of “brent” actions
  • what are goals, objectives & measurements for this year?
  • identify fitness functions in own team