Opening session from the 2011 Balanced Team Conference (http://www.balancedteam.org/balconf-2011-resources/). Jeff Patton talks about his answer to the question: What do we mean by ‘Balanced Teams’?

1. My
process
journey
How
I
learned
process
isn’t
what
you’d
think
it
is
Jeff
Pa+on
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@jeffpa+on
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2. I’m
an
art
school
dropout
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3. Fooling
myself
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4. Ninety
percent
of
life
is
just
showing
up.
-­‐-­‐Woody
Allen
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5. Show
up
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6. Show
up
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7. Show
up
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8. Show
up
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9. Show
up
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10. Show
up
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11. Show
up
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12. Deliver something before
you deliver something
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13. Process?
We
don’t
need
no
sWnkin’
process!
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14. Agile development teaches
me I need a language to
describe what I do
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15. Interaction design
broadens my toolkit
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2011
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16. Co-­‐make
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17. Co-­‐make
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18. Co-­‐make
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19. Following either or both
processes didn’t work
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20. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
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2010
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Pa+on,
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rights
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21. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
reserved,
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Monday, September 26, 2011

22. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
all
rights
reserved,
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Monday, September 26, 2011

23. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
all
rights
reserved,
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Monday, September 26, 2011

24. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
all
rights
reserved,
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Monday, September 26, 2011

25. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
all
rights
reserved,
www.AgileProductDesign.com 20
Monday, September 26, 2011

26. Process
is
a
placebo
Jared
spool’s
tricks
to
Dogma
conWnuum
arranges
terminology
from
improvisaWon
to
atrophy
©
2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
reserved,
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Monday, September 26, 2011

27. It’s
all
just
a
game
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2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
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28. Games
have
Simple
Rules
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2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
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29. Games
have
Simple
Rules
Almost
anyone
can
learn
to
play
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2010
Jeff
Pa+on,
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30. Games
have
Simple
Rules
Almost
anyone
can
learn
to
play
The
sophisWcaWon
comes
from
strategies
and
tac,cs
used
by
skilled
players
and
coaches
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2010
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Pa+on,
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31. Games
have
PosiWons
not
Roles
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2010
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32. Games
have
PosiWons
not
Roles
Players
on
a
sports
team
build
deep
specializa,on
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2010
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33. Games
have
PosiWons
not
Roles
Players
on
a
sports
team
build
deep
specializa,on
but
maintain
general
skills
to
play
many
posiWons
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2010
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Pa+on,
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34. Brought
to
you
by
the
le+er
“ T”
Fast
Company,
Strategy
By
Design
T
h+p://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/95/design-­‐strategy.html
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2011
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Pa+on,
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35. Brought
to
you
by
the
le+er
“ T”
Breadth of skills
Fast
Company,
Strategy
By
Design
T
h+p://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/95/design-­‐strategy.html
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2011
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Pa+on,
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36. Brought
to
you
by
the
le+er
“ T”
Breadth of skills
T
Depth of expertise
Fast
Company,
Strategy
By
Design
h+p://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/95/design-­‐strategy.html
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2011
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
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37. Process
≠
skill
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38. Process
≠
skill
We tried baseball
and it didn’t work
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39. Process
≠
skill
We tried baseball
and it didn’t work
No
one
expects
to
be
good
at
a
game
without
pracWce
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40. Process
≠
skill
We tried baseball
and it didn’t work
No
one
expects
to
be
good
at
a
game
without
pracWce
There’s
no
game-­‐winning
process
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2010
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Pa+on,
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41. Process
≠
skill
We tried baseball
and it didn’t work
No
one
expects
to
be
good
at
a
game
without
pracWce
There’s
no
game-­‐winning
process
Jeffries,
We
tried
baseball:
h+p://xprogramming.com/arWcles/jatbaseball/
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2010
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Pa+on,
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42. Games
have
Clear
ObjecWves
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43. Games
have
Clear
ObjecWves
We
know
what
winning
the
game
means
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2010
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44. Games
have
Clear
ObjecWves
We
know
what
winning
the
game
means
Playing
our
posiWon
well
while
our
team
loses
isn’t
considered
success
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2010
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Pa+on,
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45. output outcome
we build this we want this
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46. Albert Einstein
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47. A perfection of
means, and confusion of aims,
seems to be our main problem.
Albert Einstein
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48. Product
success
demands
a
mix
of
skills
and
perspecWves
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2011
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Pa+on,
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49. Our aim isn’t to combine my best
practice with your best practice
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2009
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Pa+on,
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50. If we focus on winning, we create
something new
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Pa+on,
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51. My
process
journey
How
I
learned
process
isn’t
what
you’d
think
it
is
Jeff
Pa+on
jpa+on@acm.org
twi+er:
@jeffpa+on
©
2011
Jeff
Pa+on,
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rights
reserved,
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