©2013 Responding to Change Zach Nies – Chief Technologist
©2013 Zach es Chief Technologist Rally Software Faculty University of Colorado at Boulder
©2013 The biggest risk you face is changing
©2013 Responing to market shifts
©2013 An example…
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©2013 We have 80% market share
©2013 We need a mobile app
©2013 Mobile app specification begins
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©2013 Startup competitor ships 1.2
©2013 Mobile app ships
©2013 We forever lost half our market share in one year
©2013 Gut wrenching
©2013 What’s going on here?
©2013 Time needed to change market expectations
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©2013 Huge market shifts can happen in a few years
©2013 Are you Agile enough to balance
©2013 operating the business and responding to change?
©2013 Lean Thinking Agile Execution
©2013 Balance exploration and execution
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©2013 Assumes: Certainty is high Goal: Maximize individual efficiency
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©2013 Status Quo Budgets Comprehensive Analysis Detailed Plans Waterfall Execution
©2013 Works when: Certainty is high
©2013 Leads to
©2013 Little flexibility
©2013 Unmanageable demand
©2013 Poor visibility
©2013 Seems like every project is late
©2013 Trust issues
©2013 Poor quality
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©2013 Assumes: Uncertainty exists Goal: Maximize value delivery
©2013 Make the shift to Agile
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