The Busting Bureaucracy Hackathon

Phase 3: Ideas for Busting Bureaucracy (Part 1)
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Develop a deep shared knowledge of the organization’s dynamics

By Miguel Veloso on July 6, 2022

Have every team co-develop a software model of their area (Excel-like, functional programming, neural networks) that can be verified against actual metrics so it can be used for simulation and projection.

The model would be something like a budget + cash flow Excel spreadsheet that begins by defining the “production” area of the team (anything going from actual physical objects to software applications, purchase orders or whatever adds value to the company products and services) and resources needed to accomplish them.

This way team will develop a deep shared understanding of the dynamics of the organization and view it as a “production” unit.

By developing the model it will be evident what metrics are necessary to have a complete simulation, so measurement requirements will be identified.

The model can then be used to evaluate and follow-up on improvement proposals.

First Steps 

Beginning with http://www.mixhackathon.org/hackathon/contribution/adopt-federated-struc... and creating a composable organization [http://www.mixhackathon.org/hackathon/contribution/create-composable-org...

Every team/area:

Identifies their “product”, i.e. the value added to the organization’s purpose.

Develops an initial model with the available information and identify new metrics needed to refine it further, probably some sort of productivity, customer (internal/external) satisfaction, etc.

Implement whatever is necessary to get the new metrics.

Check metrics weekly and submit improvement proposal based on available data. (supported on: http://www.mixhackathon.org/hackathon/contribution/allow-all-employees-p...)

Adjust the model so it follows actual behavior as much as possible.

Repeat.

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