Engineer Your System
A 4-hour online live deep dive into three core systems thinking tools for software development process improvement.
Are you on a mission to make your software delivery team(s) execute more effectively? In this hands-on virtual workshop, you will learn how to model software development systems and look for leverage points to introduce intentional, impactful change. You'll learn...
How to see what's really going on. Interacting forces and time delays makes it hard to connect the dots between cause and effect. The three powerful and versatile analysis tools you'll learn in this course give you the visibility you need to understand what's happening and why.
Why so many well-intentioned initiatives leave things worse than before. Why do so many initiatives fail? The answer lies in the hidden connections between forces in your organization. We'll show you how to map those hidden forces to the outcomes that matter to you.
Where your leverage points are. By mapping the hidden forces affecting your organization you'll see where a small change has the potential for a big impact.
When not to intervene. You'll learn how to tell when a possibly worrying change is actually worth worrying about and when it's a normal blip.
The core of the workshop is three powerful and versatile thinking tools pulled from systems thinking, lean methodologies, and economic theory:
- Variability analysis to separate signal from noise
- Causal modeling to uncover hidden connections
- U-curves to explore a range of possible options
You'll practice using these analysis tools in small group breakout rooms with others struggling with challenges like yours. Together you'll model a system in a hands-on simulation sandbox where you can explore how factors like pressure and technical debt interact.
Is This Course For You?
You're an engineering manager looking for a systemic approach to improve outcomes.
You're a senior+ engineer looking for tools to influence others and help them see what you see.
You're a program or project manager looking to improve the organization's software delivery process.
You're a product manager who's tired of the ongoing tussle between sustaining engineering and new feature delivery.
Price
USD $175 (sorry! the early bird special already sold out!)
About Us
Elisabeth Hendrickson is CEO and Founder of Curious Duck Digital Laboratory where she helps technical leaders find the most impactful points of leverage to improve collaboration, decision making, and execution. She has a proven track record for growing leadership teams and shaping cultures to build leading edge products at a sustainable pace. Previously, she was VP R&D and on the executive leadership team at Pivotal where she led development of enterprise data and cloud products. She's also the author of Explore It! from Pragmatic Bookshelf, a timeless book on exploratory testing that remains popular a decade after publication.
Joel Tosi is Co-owner and Co-Founder of Dojo & Co. For the past 15 years, Joel has been coaching organizations like Target, Northwest Mutual, Centene, Edward Jones, Disney, Pearson, and Verizon in developing new product delivery practices. He has been a hands-on coach for more than 9 years, helping teams and organizations learn in the context of their work. He began exploring ways to build better software as an engineer and architect in the early 2000s. He's an in-demand, global speaker sharing real world experiences to empathize with and help teams.
Chris Pipito is a software product development coach, and the founder of DDD Philly, a community group focused on helping people learn & practice Domain-Driven Design(DDD). He is currently writing a book on Flow and Teaming drawing on his hands-on experience coaching organizations and teams. He offers public workshops & coaches teams across multiple industries.