SIMPLY INNOVATION: THE TAO OF FIRE A PUBLIC SPEND FORUM PRODUCTION - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SIMPLY INNOVATION: THE TAO OF FIRE A PUBLIC SPEND FORUM PRODUCTION FEATURING DANWARD

WELCOME! Dan Ward Frank McNally @thedanward @NecessitysChild

A TALE OF TWO PROJECTS

CHEAP WINNERS & EXPENSIVE LOSERS Winning Characteristics Losing Characteristics • Skeleton crews, shoestring budgets, • Large budgets, large teams, long cannonball schedules schedules

DON’T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT…

AUTONOMY AS A FUNCTION OF STAKEHOLDERS & RED TAPE Stakeholders & Resources Large & Grand Projects Medium & Moderate Projects Small Projects Interference & Red Tape

FIRE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES Key Principles to Invoke Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained & Elegant Innovation

FIRE IS NOT… • FIRE is NOT about process improvement • The goal is to improve our objectives and outcomes rather than our processes (it is product centric) • (This is not to say that we don’t believe process improvement is a healthy discipline! Its just not the objective of FIRE.)

HEURISTICS VS. RULES: MASTERING TRADECRAFT • Learn the general protocols • Use them as a guide for behavior and decision-making in uncertain situations • As opposed to pre-defining exactly what you will do and when you will do it

WHAT DO YOU VALUE?  Speed X Take your time  Thrift X Spare no expense  Simplicity

RESTRAINT & CREATIVITY Quality Decision- Restraint making Problem- Solving

WHEN CONSTRAINT & RESTRAINT WINS • A “very simple spacecraft” with three directives: • Encounter a comet • Collect some particles • Bring them Home • Salvaged Deep Impact (several years after the Stardust mission)

PARKINSON’S LAW “If you wait until the last ? More time does not generally Outcomes minute, it only takes a minute.” improve functionality or performance Additional Time Original scope & schedule Schedule

STARTING BEFORE WE START Getting Prepared “Official” Work Building relationships Finalizing the requirement • • • Talking to users • Designing the solicitation Strategic Market research Tactical market research • • Sharing draft requirements Going out for bid • • • Preparing your electronic • Contract administration contract management system “Official” Schedule Getting Ahead

ANTIFRAGILITY PROJECT A PROJECTS B-E E B NASA FBC D C

A NOTE FOR PROGRAM OWNERS: OBSERVE THE FIRE PRIME DIRECTIVE! Project leaders may not interfere with the natural progression of a project by introducing unnecessarily advanced technologies or excessive, over-engineered features.

KIDS, DO TRY THIS AT HOME! Eager to adopt the principles of FIRE into your workplace?

DEMONSTRATED LEARNING • Application is the best way to learn, so for anyone who wants to transfer knowledge into practice we invite you to check out a trimming exercise from Dan’s book • Trimming is a great way to simplify your next presentation, requirements document, system architecture diagram, or any other technical document • If you submit an artifact to demonstrate learning, you’ll be eligible to earn a learning badge in simple innovation

SIMPLY INNOVATION LEARNING BADGE

EARN YOUR CONTINUOUS LEARNING CREDIT • Participants are eligible to earn one continuous learning credit for attending this webinar • To qualify for your credit, please complete the brief comprehension survey we will email you in follow up to this session • Your certificate will be emailed to the address you used to register for this webinar.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! Learning Path + Simplicity Workshop, tailored for public sector professionals

LEARNING PATH + SIMPLICITY WORKSHOP https://helpified.com/paths/the-tao-of-fire

THANK YOU! community.publicspendforum.net/resources/learning-channel frank@publicspendforum.net