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SMU 10 Minute Shorts – Using the Complicated We Know to Deter the Complex We Don’t with Joshua Barnes and Al Shalloway
September 25, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
New Series! 10 Minute Shorts with Joshua Barnes and Al Shalloway
In this episode, Joshua Barnes and Al Shalloway discuss using the complicated we know to deter the adverse effects of the complex we don’t.
Knowledge work is complex. While we know a lot about how to do it, there is always the chance something will surprise us. What’s important to recognize, however, is that the biggest wastes result from non-linear events. A non-linear event is when a small event creates a large outcome. For example, one vendor used the imperial system and the other used the metric system causing the Mars Climate Explorer to crash into the planet. The reality is there is always uncertainty, but we shouldn’t ignore what we know.
The key is to use quick feedback to avoid non-linear events and to decouple events so that when something goes wrong it does not cascade into a bigger problem than it needs to be.
PMI PDU Claim Code: 0.25 hours 4972AHPI5B
Host
Joshua Barnes is the Founder of Process Mentors, Inc, a PMI Authorized Training and Consulting Partner. Joshua is a Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) and Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) and DASM/DASSM/DAVSC/DAC Instructor. He is a recognized leader in virtual training and coaching and has trained thousands of people, in both co-located as well as virtual live formats on their Disciplined Agile journey.
Co-Host
Al Shalloway is the founder and CEO of Success Engineering, lead designer of Amplio, taking an engineering/scientific approach to success for clients, employees, companies & society. Al has been at the forefront of design patterns, XP, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, SAFe and more.
As the creator of the PMI DAVSC course and the FLEX system that powers Disciplined Agile’s at scale approach and being a past SPC Trainer & Gold Partner, Al can help any agile at scale program that needs a shot in the arm. Several key insights and methods are missing in most Agile at scale programs that he can assist with in a short term consulting engagement with or without changing the framework/method being used for the adoption. His experience with patterns thinking also enables to assist enterprise architects on overall design issues.
He created Disciplined Agile’s most advanced workshop – the DA Value Stream Consultant Workshop. He is currently committed to lowering the cost of training while increasing its effectiveness by an order of magnitude each by using innovative training techniques and creating a complete system that provides you with decision-making guidance when you need it. This gives you the right information at the right time. He invites you to join one of his learning journeys where you can co-create the next generation of Agile approaches.
Al is a Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC), Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) as well as Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM), Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM). He is a Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) and Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) Instructor. He has trained hundreds of people in both co-located as well as virtual live formats.
Using the Complicated We Know to Deter the Complex We Don’t
In this episode of the new 10-minute shorts series, Joshua and Al discuss using the complicated we know to deter the adverse effects of the complex we don’t.
Knowledge work is complex. While we know a lot about how to do it, there is always the chance something will surprise us. What’s important to recognize, however, is that the biggest wastes result from non-linear events. A non-linear event is when a small event creates a large outcome. For example, one vendor used the imperial system and the other used the metric system causing the Mars Climate Explorer to crash into the planet. The reality is there is always uncertainty, but we shouldn’t ignore what we know.
The key is to use quick feedback to avoid non-linear events and to decouple events so that when something goes wrong it does not cascade into a bigger problem than it needs to be.
Register for the Amplio Community of Practice and continue the conversation with Al on Wednesday, September 27.
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