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It is truly exciting that Better Value Sooner Safer Happier (BVSSH) Communities have now mobilised in each global region, supported by inspiring local leadership teams. Shared learning, collaboration and community, sharing patterns and antipatterns to be experimented on in context, is key to better outcomes for all. It has also been a pleasure to launch the BVSSH training curriculum, with BVSSH Foundations delivered to the first cohort in December. Every day I come across new examples of the BVSSH philosophy spreading. This growing momentum is an indicator that BVSSH is the right approach for our time. Despite (in some cases because of) the continuing pandemic, it is good to see organisations increasingly embracing and supporting more sustainable and engaging ways of working. I look forward to sharing the learning journey with you.
Jon Smart
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A great reception..
Its been thrilling to see Sooner Safer Happier ranked as #1 on Amazon in its category
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..with humbling reviews, thank you to all those who have posted so far!
"Basically this is my business bible"
"This is the book you want your leadership to read"
"If you are an executive, please, please get this book."
"I wanted to cry when the authors stressed that context matters... yes, by god, it does!"
"What makes this book stand out .. is the wealth of pragmatic wisdom, clearly gleaned from many years experience in the field"
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IT Revolution Book Club - January 11th to 22nd
Its not too late to join the authors for an interactive reading experience in our private book club on Slack. Click here to signup.
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Regional BVSSH communities established
Better Value Sooner Safer Happier (BVSSH) is a movement for leaders at all levels in all roles wanting to improve outcomes in their organisations.
Three regional BVSSH Communities have been established to enable sharing of patterns and antipatterns. This sharing is by the community, for the community and consists of real world, concrete stories and examples shared by members who are on the same journey. Diverse and inclusive, everyone is welcome, this is not about 'Agile' or IT only - all roles and all levels of knowledge are welcome: Business, Change, Procurement, Compliance, Risk, HR, Finance, as well as IT!
The three Communities cater for different regional timezones and collaborate via Slack and video. If you are interested to join, please signup to gain access to the collaboration space and schedules.
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Better Value Sooner Safer Happier (BVSSH) Fundamentals
The first cohort completed BVSSH Foundation training in December, led by Zsolt Berend and Myles Ogilvie:
- A practical, engaging introduction about how to improve BVSSH outcomes
- Applicable for leaders at any level in any role, not IT focussed
- Avoids prescription, one-size fits-all practices and minimises jargon
"Really enlightening" ... "addresses the real magic of BVSSH"
If you are interested in BVSSH Fundamentals training - click here
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Upcoming events include (click to attend):
- IT Revolution Book Club, 11th to 22nd January
- Business Agility Institute (BAM) meetups:
- Lean Agile Stockport UK meetup on 26th January - click here
- Technology Leads North West UK meetup (TLNW) on 8th February - click here
To request an author led briefing, please contact myles@soonersaferhappier.com
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Interview with Gene Kim
Don't miss this interview with Gene Kim and Jonathan Smart talking about leadership of the future.
Click here to read.
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The Outcome Hypothesis, a Primer
Achieving Better Value Sooner Safer Happier in the context of product development requires a shift from fixed, big, up-front designed solutions to outcome hypotheses with experimentation. From output to outcomes. From following a fixed plan to maximizing value.
Key considerations:
1: Emergence
We can’t accurately predict what people want, or how to build it. The system of work needs to be optimized for fast feedback, safe-to-fail experiments. Aim to get the thinnest vertical slice of real value in the hands of real customers: value carpaccio.
2: Nested outcomes
A quarterly time period is just beyond the knowledge threshold and yet not too far away. A quarterly business outcome contains smaller (e.g. monthly) ‘experiments’ to test the hypothesis. There is also a connection to larger annual and multi-year outcomes, business-unit level strategic items. This nested structure is an incredibly powerful way to introduce transparency across your organisation.
3: The Outcome hypothesis
Language matters and articulating product development work as hypotheses creates a clear expectation that there is uncertainty. It creates an expectation of experimentation, that people need to be empowered to use their own brains, that not all paths succeed, that solutions need to be discovered.
Read more...
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Download: BVSSH Principles
The intentionally long list provided in the book and as a handy download from IT Revolution is intended to help you get started. You are invited to use these principles, and there is no one size fits all. Your context and impediments will determine which are more important to encourage. Click to download
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Thanks for joining us on the journey so far. If anything in this newsletter triggers new thoughts, please do leave feedback using the feedback form or contact the authors directly via LinkedIn.
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