Cynefin Lego ALE14

Kirill Klimov

INTRO, GROUND RULES

EXERCISE #1

• Sort by colour, as fast as you can

• One group for “special” bricks

• You decide what “special” means

LET’S DISCUSS EXERCISE #1

Disorder

Obvious

Sense

CategoriseRespond

Best practice

EXERCISE #2

• 20 bricks high

• Color schema

• Wider to the bottom, narrow to the top

LET’S DISCUSS EXERCISE #2

Disorder

Obvious

Complicated

SenseCategoriseRespond

Best practice

Sense

AnalyzeRespond

Good practice

EXERCISE #3• in 30 secs decide what to build – animal or vehicle

• color schema

• Each colour could be touched just by 1 person

• You are not allowed to talk to each other

• Each minute you switch tables: you can take results of your work and not materials

LET’S DISCUSS EXERCISE #3

Disorder

ComplicatedComplex

Sense Analyze

Respond

Good practiceEmergent practice

Probe

RespondSense

Obvious

SenseCategoriseRespond

Best practice

EXERCISE #4• in 30 secs decide what to build – a house or a plant

• color schema

• Each colour could be touched just by 1 person

• You are not allowed to talk to each other

• When facilitator touches you – you switch tables (not taking anything with you)

LET’S DISCUSS EXERCISE #4

Disorder

Complex

Chaotic

Probe

Respond

Emergent

Sense

Novel practice

Act

RespondSense

Obvious

SenseCategoriseRespond

Best practice

Complicated

Sense Analyze

Respond

Good practice

Disorder

Obvious

ComplicatedComplex

Chaotic

SenseCategoriseRespond

Best practice

Sense AnalyzeRespond

Good practice

Probe

Respond

Emergent practice

Sense

Novel practice

Act

RespondSense

TYPICAL ACTIVITIES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Complicated 25%Complex

38%

Chotic 16%

Unknown 3%

Simple 18%

RESOURCES1. “The Cynefin Framework” , YouTube video, y

Dave Snowden 2. Cynefin framework by Dave Snowden, Wiki

page 3. “Great is the power of steady

misrepresentation”, article by Dave Snowden 4. All articles on CongnitiveEdge blog on Cynefin

by Dave Snowden 5. Cynefin & software development, paper by

Joseph Pelrine 6. Agile42 Cynefin Lego game

SLIDES

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Kirill Klimov

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