Getting Results

Better Productivity, Better Results

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Here is a Cheat Sheet of the Model for Agile Results that you can use to go deeper into the productivity knowledge that Agile Results is based on.

One of the challenges in learning any space is understanding the core knowledge and cornerstone concepts behind it.

Behind the Agile Results productivity system, is a deep Knowledge Model.

You can think of a Knowledge Model as a representation of the knowledge for a given space or topic.

The Knowledge Model is the Backbone and “Mental Scaffolding”

The Knowledge Model serves as a “backbone” for Agile Results–It’s the firm foundation Agile Results is built on.

You can also think of the Knowledge Model as “mental scaffolding”.  It helps break up the knowledge into categories and sub-categories so you can work with it easier.

That’s the true power of a model.

In this way, the Knowledge Model is effectively a “balcony view” of the knowledge where the categories and sub-categories provide easy entry points.

I find it helpful to see simple outlines of the knowledge to understand what’s in scope.

Explore, Build, and Grow Your Productivity Knowledge

In fact, a good way to represent a Knowledge Model is to create a Mind Map to show the topology of the concepts, ideas, and categories.

You can use the Agile Results Knowledge Model to explore, build, and grow your productivity knowledge.

If you think of the base of the Knowledge Model as a simple set of categories, you can use it as a map to explore and expand what you know about productivity.

With that in mind, here is a Knowledge Model that represents the underlying knowledge behind Agile Results…

Productivity Knowledge Categories

  1. Action
  2. Efficiency / Effectiveness
  3. Energy Management
  4. Expectations
  5. Focus
  6. Goals / Objectives
  7. Information Management
  8. Learning
  9. Mindset and Motivation
  10. Planning
  11. Prioritizing
  12. Reference
  13. Self-Awareness
  14. Self-Discipline
  15. Task Management
  16. Time Management

The Agile Results System

  • The Rule of 3
  • Hot Spots
  • Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection
  • Daily Outcomes
  • Weekly Outcomes
  • Queues
  • Action
  • Reference
  • Schedule

Cornerstone Concepts

  • Time as a First-Class Citizen
  • Fresh Start
  • Test your results
  • Fix Time, Flex Scope
  • Boundaries
  • Tests for Success
  • Outcomes Over Activities
  • Approach Over Results
  • The Rhythm of Results
  • Time, Energy, and Technique
  • Strengths Over Weaknesses
  • System Over Ad-Hoc
  • Continuous Learning

Value, Principles, and Practices

Values

  1. Action Over Analysis Paralysis
  2. Approach Over Results
  3. Energy Over Time
  4. Focus Over Quantity
  5. Good Enough Over Perfection
  6. Growth Mindset Over Fixed Mindset
  7. Outcomes Over Activities
  8. Strengths Over Weaknesses
  9. System Over Ad-Hoc
  10. Value Up Over Backlog Burndown

Principles

  1. 80/20 Action
  2. Change Your Approach
  3. Continuous Learning
  4. Deliver Incremental Value
  5. Factor Action from Reference
  6. Set boundaries
  7. Fix Time, Flex Scope
  8. Less is more
  9. Rhythm of Results
  10. Version Your Results

12 Core Practices

  1. Action Lists
  2. Daily Outcomes
  3. Growth Mindset
  4. Monthly Improvement Sprints
  5. Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection
  6. Reference Collections
  7. Scannable Outcomes
  8. Strong Week
  9. The Rule of 3
  10. Triage
  11. Timebox Your Day
  12. Weekly Outcomes

Supporting Practices

  1. Allocated Time
  2. Batch and Focus
  3. Boundaries
  4. Buffers
  5. Chunk It Down
  6. Compelling why
  7. Daily, Weekly, Monthly Results
  8. Diversify Your Results
  9. Do It, Review It, Improve It
  10. Fail Fast
  11. Fix Time, Flex Scope
  12. Good Enough for Now
  13. Improvement Scripts
  14. Just Start
  15. Lessons Learned
  16. MUST, SHOULD, COULD
  17. Next Best Thing
  18. One Place to Look
  19. Pair Up
  20. Park It
  21. Power Hours
  22. Reduce Open Work
  23. Scripts
  24. Sweeping
  25. Switch Hats
  26. Test Your Results
  27. Tests for Success
  28. Worst Things First

Agile Results Practices Grouped by Productivity Themes

Rhythm of Results

  • Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection
  • Daily, Weekly, Monthly Results

Mindsets and Motivation

  • Growth Mindset
  • Compelling why
  • Switch Hats

Time

  • Timebox Your Day
  • Allocated Time
  • Boundaries
  • Buffers
  • Fix Time, Flex Scope

Energy

  • Strong Week
  • Power Hours
  • Park It

Learning

  • Monthly Improvement Sprints
  • Improvement Scripts
  • Lessons Learned
  • Pair Up

Planning

  • The Rule of 3
  • Daily Outcomes
  • Weekly Outcomes
  • Diversify Your Results
  • Reduce Open Work
  • Tests for Success

Doing

  • Batch and Focus
  • Chunk It Down
  • Do It, Review It, Improve It
  • Fail Fast
  • Good Enough for Now
  • Just Start
  • Test Your Results
  • Scripts
  • Sweeping

Organizing

  • Scannable Outcomes
  • Action Lists
  • Reference Collections
  • One Place to Look

Prioritizing

  • Triage
  • MUST, SHOULD, COULD
  • Next Best Thing
  • Worst Things First

Bold indicates that the item is one of the 12 core practices of Agile Results.

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