Capacity Planning for Large Organizations

by Luke Hohmann, Chris Matts

Collaboration at Scale includes making important choices about sequencing work. The goal, as always, is to maximize value of the product resulting from the work of the development teams. An important tool that many Scrum teams are using to help sequence work calculating the "Cost of Delay", which can be defined simply as "what would it be worth to us if we could get this backlog item earlier than another backlog item?". The Cost of Delay is a a key factor in both the CD3 (Cost of Delay Divided by Duration) and "Weighted Shortest Job First" algorithms for sequencing work. Unfortunately, the Cost of Delay estimates used by many organizations do not factor the Cost of Decision Delays, or the time it takes for leaders to make choices. In this Collaboration at Scale webinar, we'll explore both the Cost of Delay and the Cost of Decision Delays and provide frameworks that can help teams make choices that do a better job of maximizing value.

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Luke Hohmann

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.

Chris Matts

Chris Matts is a programme manager with a strong background in business analysis and development. He uses Real Options and agile project management techniques (Lean, Theory of Constraints, Business Value) to optimise the delivery of business value whilst effectively managing project risks. He has a Masters degree in Mathematical Trading and Finance and a Masters degree in Microelectronics and Software Engineering. Currently, Chris is Transformation Lead for Global Equity Derivatives at UBS. Over the past 14 years, Chris has worked as on derivative risk and trading systems at Royal Bank of Scotland, Derivative Fitch, JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, ThoughtWorks, British Petroleum, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and Chase Manhatten (Pre Merger).