How to Bake a Change • Daniel Terhorst-North • GOTO 2023

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2023. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph

Daniel Terhorst-North - Originator of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Principal at Dan North & Associates @daniel-terhorst-north

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ABSTRACT
There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for transformation, but that doesn't mean consultants and methodology firms aren't lining up to sell you one. Be it the ubiquitous SAFe, the "Spotify model" (which Spotify quickly outgrew), or some other lovechild of Scrum and RUP with its own cutesy vocabulary, the kitchen has decided what you are having without even asking what you want.

The usual counter is that every organisation and context is different, so it needs its own unique recipe which you need to figure out from scratch.

I think the truth sits somewhere in between. Each situation needs its own contextual approach, but you don't have to start from nothing. I have spent the last decade exploring, applying, rejecting and adapting all kinds of principles and guidelines, tricks and techniques, and successful playbooks for specific contexts.

I won't try to sell you a recipe for transformation, but I will share some change cooking tips that might mean yours doesn't fall flat! [...]

TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
02:13 Understand the goal
08:49 Decide where to start
10:17 Seek vertical alignment
12:46 Seek horizontal alignment
18:36 Explore some of those options
19:41 Co-create the plan
21:46 Do: VESSA
23:03 Visualize
30:40 Eliminate
31:34 Simplify
33:39 Standardize
34:51 Automate
36:29 Check against the goal
36:59 Adjust based on evidence
37:31 Then do it all agin
37:51 Recap
41:25 Outro

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[richardfrimpong]

Ahh, my first time listening to the famous Dan North and I must say, He lives up to his name.

Very nice and insightful talk

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