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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
Principle two: Technology excellence is the strategy
Principle three: Choose product teams over project teams
Principle four: Divide and conquer
Principle five: Integrate governance, risk and compliance experts with product teams early and often
Principle six: Measure what matters
Part II Summary
Part III - Micro-transformation
Introduction
Step one: Design effective cross-functional teams
Step two: Create immersive working environments
Step three: Implement the Starter Kata
How it works
Why it works
Final thoughts
Step four: Thin-slice the work
Part III Summary
Conclusion
Glossary
Endnotes
Endnotes
License
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Why it works
When researching for this book, we considered a number of different frameworks to include in the micro-transformation model. Ultimately, we felt the Starter Kata was the easiest way to help coalitions and pods apply the principles in this book and get working quickly.
The Starter Kata is the easiest model to understand and implement that we’ve found. If you’ve taken so much as a high school science course, then the process of implementing the Starter Kata is familiar to you. This is in stark contrast to many of today’s most popular frameworks that seem to take years to master.
Plus, the Starter Kata is not prescriptive. It does not tell you explicitly what to do, but it teaches you how to learn your way through uncertainty. Once ingrained, it will help you create the foundation for a continuous learning organization.
Lastly, unlike many of the more prescriptive frameworks, you don’t need to alter your existing processes to make them conform to the framework. Instead, the Starter Kata applies a continuous improvement approach to your existing processes and makes them better. Working this way will eliminate a lot of the overhead that comes with many other popular frameworks while achieving similar or better business results.
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