Guiding Principles

Question 1

Name the 7 guiding principles

Answer 1

Focus on value
Start where you are
Progress iteratively with feedback
Collaborate and promote visibility
Think and work holistically
Keep it simple and practical
Optimize and automate

Question 2

Everything should link back, directly or indirectly, to value
Know who the customer is and what they value
Understand the customer and user experience

Answer 2

Focus on value

Question 3

Assess the current state to determine what is already available to be leveraged
Apply risk management skills in the decision-making process

Answer 3

Start where you are

Question 4

Resist the temptation to do everything at once
Utilize iteration and feedback together
Comprehend the whole but do SOMETHING; avoid over-analyzing

Answer 4

Progress iteratively with feedback

Question 5

Involve the right people in the correct roles to ensure better buy-in, more relevance and an increased likelihood of long-term success
Understand the flow of work in progress to identify bottlenecks, excess capacity and waste
Decisions require VISIBLE data

Answer 5

Collaborate and promote visibility

Question 6

Work in an integrated way to handle activities as a whole, rather than as separate parts
Work towards end-to-end visibility of how demand is captured and translated into outcomes

Answer 6

Think and work holistically

Question 7

Always use the minimum number of steps to accomplish an objective
Consider the contribution to value
Do fewer things, but do them better
Easier to understand, easier to adopt

Answer 7

Keep it simple and practical

Question 8

Maximize the value of the work carried out by human and technical resources
Standardize/streamline manual tasks
Assess the current state, define the future state and simplify before automating

Answer 8

Optimize and automate