AntifragileWhat makes you and your colleagues being fragile?

2 September 2016TOOLS4AGILE TEAMS

Jan De BaereCoach, trainer & speaker20+ years in IT 10+ years into Agile7+ years Agile @ scaleChair Agile Consortium Belgium

Jan.debaere@cegeka.be

Peter LieCoach & Trainer25+ years in IT Since 2007 into AgileVisual FacilitatorInternational focus

Peter.lie@cegeka.be

The concept

Fragile Robust AntifragileLimited known gains

Unlimited unknown lossesLimited known losses

Unlimited unknown gainsYou win some You lose some

Stability please!!!!! Dynamic please!!!!!

Seeks Stability by embrace challenge and randomness

What’s up?

Anti-Fragilista

Hates disorder and seek stability by trying to stabilize the environment

Stability please!

Fragilista

How to get most out of my money?

Stable & predictable Unstable & unpredictable

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VOLATILITY?FLÜCHTIGKEIT

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Fragile Robust Antifragile

123°

-153°

Average temperature-30°

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Fragile Robust Antifragile

Average temperature-30°

From +- 40 days

To+- 5 days

Why is this important?

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When is this important?

EXTREMISTAN MEDIOCRISTAN

WORKSHOP: CONCEPTS – EXAMPLES - THOUGHTSPOSITIONING ANTI FRAGILESTRATEGIES

What makes you and your colleagues being fragile?

Example 1: Sort

Example 2: Sort

A

BC

D

SOME ANTIFRAGILE STRATEGIES

You don’t become antifragile by knowing more about the future. You become antifragile by being more ready for the future.

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Options

Options

Fragile: mechanical Antifragile: living system

HormesisWhat does not kill you makes you stronger

Apply Stress to the System continuously so that we are forced to simplify, homogenize and automate.

HormesisWhat does not kill you makes you stronger

Apply Stress to the System continuously so that we are forced to simplify, homogenize and automate.

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Barbell Hantel

Core codeTDD, mob programming…

Added value stuffGo all the way

Non Core codeOld fashioned way

Non added value stuffDrop it or automate

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Via negativa

Via negativa

Skin in the game

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Skin in the game

Academical knowledge vs heuristics

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How we did it

Passive attitude:• Start seeing the concept • With every decision ask is this making me more or less Fragile?

Active attitude:• Start to managing risk using:

Options, Hormesis, Barbell, via negativa• Give presentations/talks about Antifragile

AntifragileAntifragile & Agile techniques are a way to deal with Risks

https://leanpub.com/antifragilesoftware/read

Questions?Thank you for having us here at Tools 4 Agile Teams, WiesbadenJan De Baere & Peter Lie

Example

Just before the end of the period

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Real life wants <> needs

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