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Identifywhatwe'
rebuilding2
Goals:
Awordontheproblem2
Execution2
Discovery2
Refinement2
Articulation,ValidationandPrioritization2
Description2
Estimation2
Authorization2
Definition:
Translatewhatwe'
rebuildingintoadefinition2
Architecture2
Schedule2
Treatmentof"
side-projects"
Risksandscheduleimpact2
Howtheplaniskept2
Deliveragainstthedescription2
Detaileddesign2
Iterativedevelopment2
Scheduletracking2
QA2
Endgame2
Documentcontrol2
GeneralProcessIssues2
Decisionprocessforresearch-orientedefforts2
DecisionsandMeetingDocumentation2
Longer-TermDevelopmentIssues2
ChangeRequests2
AppendixA:
MindSet(or,“TheFiveHabitsofHighlyEffectiveCompanyXMarketingProfessionals”)2
AppendixB:
FeatureIdeaForm2
Title:
Yourname:
Date:
Adescriptionofthe"
BusinessProblem"
Adescriptionofthenecessarycharacteristicsofasolution.2
Adescriptionofapossiblesolutionorsolutions.2
Anecessarytime-frame.2
AppendixC:
Needs/SolutionSpecificationPackage2
Whatexactlyisthepain?
Whattechnologies/solutionscurrentlyexisttoeasethepain?
Whatistheexactrequiredsolution?
Whatwouldbethelikelybottom-lineimpactifwedeliveredthesolution?
Doesthislineupwithourmission?
Withourinitiatives?
Whatisitspriority?
Isthisabigdeal,development-wise,orasmalldeal?
AppendixD:
DevelopmentAuthorizationForm2
AppendixE:
EmergencyManagementChangeOrder2
Title2
Signoffs2
CrucialDrivingBusinessNeed:
TimeDriver(whenmustthisfeaturebedelivered):
Downside(whatdowelosebydoingthis):
Requirements:
Specifications:
RiskAnalysis:
Estimate:
Version
Date
Author
Comments
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6/14/10
LiewKeongHan
Overview
IntendedAudience
ChinaInvestmentCorporation(CIC-china),SingaporeGovernmentInvestmentCorporation(GIC-sg),TemasekHoldingsLtd,*GoogleCorporation,*LindenLab(SecondLife)andanyotherpotentialinvestors.
DescriptionoftheChallengefacingChina
WemakethefollowingobservationsaboutthehughUSDreserveholdingbyChinaGovernment:
USAisfacingoneofthegreatestchallengesinitshistory.Highunemploymentrate,nationaldebthitrecordofUSD13trillion,andUSgovernmentisremainpreparinghughbudgetdeficitsandeconomicstimuluspackagetospenditswayoutofthestagnanteconomy.
USDastheworldreservecurrencystandardfordecades,itspotentialofsignificantdevaluationisgoingtohavelargeimpactontheentireworld,especiallythosecountriesholdinglargeUSDreservelikesChina,Japanetc.
USAeffortinstrugglingtorecoverfromsubprimemortgagecrisiswillautomaticallytranslateintohistoricalmassiveliquidityintothemarket.Asacountrywithitsowncurrencyserveasworldwidereservecurrency,USAisindirectlyreducing“intrinsicvalue”ofworldwideUSDreserveholdingbyvariouscountriestofinancefortheirmassivestimuluspackage.Inshort,USgovernmentismakinguseofitsreservecurrencystatusto“kidnap”theentireworldtohelpthemspendingitswayoutofthecrisis.
Inanynormalcase,anycurrencywillsufferagreatdevaluationwheneverthegovernmentloosensupthemonetarypolicytoallowmassiveliquidityflowingintothemarket.However,USDisdefinitelyanexceptionalcase.ConsideringthenumberofUSDreserveinvariouscountries,allowingUSDtodevaluatesubstantivelyisheavyblowtothosecountrieswithhughUSDreserve.OneofthebestexampleswillbeChina.
Withtrillionofreserveathand,Chinagovernmentisindeedinitsdilemma:
Option1-DiversificationagainstUSDdevaluationrisks?
Consequently,
Thereisnoclear,articulatedroadmapfora)synthesizingacoherentvisionb)turningthatvisionintoaproductdefinitionc)crystallizingthedefinitionintoanimplementationandd)deliveringthesolution.
Thereisnoclearunderstandingofresponsibilitiesandthereforethescheduleslipsonthefuzzyfront-end.Thevisionisfuzzy,andsolutionsarefuzzyvs.thisfuzzyvision.Itisunclearhowavisiontakesform.Whodecidestherequirementsandhowtheserelatetothevision?
Whodecidesthespecifications?
Whosignsoff?
Whoiscriticalpathwhen?
Whomakesthecost/benefitcalls,bothintermsofrealandopportunitycosts?
Howdowedriveprogressonresearch-orientedeffortsrequiredtosupportourlong-termvision?
Howarereleasestimedandmanagedalongthewaytowardsfullreleases?
Howareresourcesleveledagainstdevelopmentefforts?
Andhowarefiner-grainedquestionsansweredduringdevelopmentoftheproduct?
Furthermore,thereisalegitimatetensionbetweentheneedsofMarketingtoreacttomarketdemandsandtheneedsoftheDevelopmenttohavestablerequirementsagainstwhichtodeliverproducts.Withouttheformer,acompanycandeliveraveryhighqualityproductwhichmay,after6months,bewoefullyoff-target.Withoutthelatter,nothingevergetsdelivered.
TheSolution
Thesolutionistoviewproductdevelopmentasapipelinedprocessandtofullyspecifytheprocess.Inthisway,requirementsforoneversionarebeingrefinedwhilethepreviousversionisbeingdeveloped.Releasecyclesareshort(weaimfortwo-monthcycles)allowingforstablerequirementsduringthedevelopmentphase,butallowingforrelativelyquickreactiontimesonfeatures:
ifafeatureisneeded,itisplacedintothepipelinequeueforreleaseduringthenextdevelopmentphase.
Release1
Release2
Definition
Discovery
Delivery
Thisdocumentoutlinestheprocess,calledtheProductPipeline,includingresponsibilities,timelines,documentsanddeliverables.
Goals
TheoverridinggoalofthisdocumentistoarticulatethemeansbywhichCompanyXwillefficientlycreatewildlysuccessfulproducts.
ForeachmemberofCompanyX,fromPresidenttoJanitor,thegoalisforeveryonetounderstandatanymomentintimethefollowing
1)Whatisthedrivingvisionofthecurrentefforts?
2)Whereweareintheprocess?
3)Whoiscriticalpathnow?
4)What'
shappeningnext,andespeciallywhatismynextresponsibilityis?
5)WhatdoIhaveauthoritytodecideandwhatdoInot?
6)Whatismyrole?
7)HowIcangetmygreatideaintothepipelineforconsideration?
8)Howarefeatureadditionsconsideredandprioritized--thatis,howwillideasbejudgedandcomparedvs.othergreatideas?
9)How,ifIdomyjobwell,ismycontributionlikelytoresultinthesuccessoftheproject,theteam,andthecompany?
10)HowdoIdecidewhichofmycurrenttaskshavehighestpriority?
Forthecompany,goalsincludethefollowing:
1)Maximizeefficiencywithintheorganization(reductionofmeetings,eliminatewastedtimeonthefront-end)
2)Getthefinishedproductdefinedanddeliveredeffectively.
3)Streamlineandclarifythedecision-makingprocess
4)Allowthecompanytooperatein“InternetTime”
SuccessCriteria
Shortterm,thisdocumentwillbeasuccessifprogressoccursevenintheabsenceofdirectandcontinualmanagerialattention.
Longterm,thisdocumentwillbeconsideredasuccessifthefollowingconditionsaresubstantiallytrueduringtheLeavenworthandEastSoundreleases:
1)Thereisnowastedtimeonthefuzzyfrontend.
2)Thesereleasesarereleasedontime.
3)Thereleasesareconsideredbymanagementtohavebeensuccessfullyreleasedagainstacoherentvision.
Glossary
PMProductManager.UntilaProductManagerishired,theresponsibilitiesofthePMwillfalltoadesignatedindividualexceptwherenoted.
DDDirectorofDevelopment
NSSPNeed/SolutionSpecificationPackage.Adocumentdescribingeverythingaboutasetoffunctionality,fromthebusinessneed,throughexistingsolutions,theproposedsolution,businessrequirements,specificationandestimate.
ArchitectureDescriptionofthemajorsubsystemswithinasoftwarepackageandhowtheyrelate,includingdataflowdiagrams,coarseAPIdescriptions,errorhandlingmechanisms.
DetailedDesignDescriptionofthesoftwaredowntothesubroutine/class,includingparameters,descriptions,API'
s,returnvalues.
SpecificationHowthesoftwareworksfromaUIperspective.ThisincludesallpossiblepermutationsofstatwithinaUIgroup,aswellaslimitsoninputandbehavior.
RiskOfficer:
Apersondesignatedtoworry.Thiscanbeanymemberoftheteam,buttheirfunctioninthiscapacityistoidentifyriskstotheschedule,estimatetheirpotentialimpact,assignalikelihoodtothis,gatherandmanagetheplanformitigatingoreliminatingtherisk,andtomaintainallthisintheRiskManagementSpreadsheet.
CRCChangeReviewCommittee.Adesignatedgroupofrepresentativesfromvariouspartswithintheorganizationwhosejobitistocategorize,andapproveordenychangerequests.Typically,thisincludestheDD,adeveloperandthePM.TheCRCcontrolsBugcategorization(whichgetfixedandwhichdon’t,whofixesit)andreviewsFeatureIdeaformsiftheyaresubmittedasurgent(thatis,iftheyaretobeconsideredforthecurrentrelease).
DevelopmentAuthorizationDocumentAdocumentservingasthemainauthorizationforadevelopmenteffort.Itcontainsgeneralinformationabouttheproject,hyperlinkstospecificdocumentsthatmakeuptheproject(projectschedule,ri