throwing away the napkin: how to project plan while keeping up with the demand
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Throwing Away
The Napkin:
How to plan while keeping up with the
demand
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“Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse
once pressure is placed on it for control purposes.”
– Prof Charles Goodhart, LSE
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Pros
• “Cowboy”• Individual and tribal• Experience-based• Trust-driven• Rapid planning/startup• Agile• Control with the PM
Cons
• Not scalable• Heavy assumption-
based• High cost and time
overruns• Lacks visibility• Unaccountable
“The Napkin”
Bus theory? What if the napkin gets wet?
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Throwing Away the Napkin
• Ease in a methodology
• Focus on Key Performance Indicators
• Find “helper” techniques to overcome scale issues
• Enforcement from the top
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THANK YOU!
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