The Better Way: Transformation principles for the
  • The Better Way: Transformation principles for the real world
  • Preface
    • Preface
  • Part I - The Big Picture
    • Introduction
    • Radical change
    • Rapid acceleration
    • Profound complexity
    • Part I Summary
  • Part II - The better way
    • Introduction
    • Principle one: Focus on customer value and adaptability
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Principle two: Technology excellence is the strategy
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Principle three: Choose product teams over project teams
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Principle four: Divide and conquer
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Principle five: Integrate governance, risk and compliance experts with product teams early and often
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Principle six: Measure what matters
      • Applying the principle in practice
      • What good looks like
      • Common failure modes
      • Final thoughts
    • Part II Summary
  • Part III - Micro-transformation
    • Introduction
    • Step one: Design effective cross-functional teams
      • How it works
      • Why it works
      • Final thoughts
    • Step two: Create immersive working environments
      • How it works
      • Why it works
      • Final thoughts
    • Step three: Implement the Starter Kata
      • How it works
      • Why it works
      • Final thoughts
    • Step four: Thin-slice the work
      • How it works
      • Why it works
      • Final thoughts
    • Part III Summary
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Endnotes
    • Endnotes
    • License
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  1. Part II - The better way
  2. Principle four: Divide and conquer

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  • Defensive, disruptive and innovation have the right talent composition

  • The organizational portfolio can be easily visualized as a

  • The relationship between initiatives in the LVT can be easily understood

  • Outcomes are customer-focused missions to achieve a clear business result

  • Bets are short-term cross-functional initiatives with measures of success designed to “move the needle” on their parent outcomes

  • A “hypothesis” is a rapid experiment designed to test the riskiest assumptions related to a bet in order to determine its viability

  • Outcomes and bets are incrementally funded based on the success of each hypothesis experiments

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