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Strategic Agility through Learning Doctrine
- 2. Trent Hone Agile Coach with Excella Consulting 20+ years of development experience Award-winning historian 1
- 3. Strategy and Doctrine What are they really? Why do they matter? 2
- 4. Strategy is deliberate search for continuing advantage an emergent property... It determines the means, establishes the boundaries, and provides the goals What is Strategy?
- 5. What is Doctrine? 4 Doctrine is the set of implicit and explicit assumptions that govern the behavior of an organization. It is what we fall back on when precise instructions are unavailable.
- 6. Insight? Strategy and doctrine are synergistic Effective strategy triggers the emergence of better doctrines Better doctrines create the opportunity for more effective strategy 5
- 7. OODA Loop Col. John Boyd, USAF How do Strategy and Doctrine Evolve? 6 Observe Orient Decide ActPhoto by: Tim Felce
- 8. Fractal Applies broadly: to Strategy to Doctrine to OODA Loop 7 Observe Orient Decide Act Image by: Wolfgang Beyer
- 9. Is active OODA Loop 8 Observe Orient Decide Act Photo by: Paul Rutherford UltiPhotos.com
- 11. The Pacific in 1942 10
- 12. Admiral King Pursues Offensive 11
- 14. The Battle of Savo Island 8-9 Aug 1942 13
- 16. Startup Developed tracking (and tracing) solutions Small, agile team (hardware, firmware, software) Poor focus TracerNETs Early Days 15 Photo by: Thomas R Machnitzki
- 17. The New Strategic Goal 16 Photo by: Paul Lowry
- 18. Make the top 5 Ready-Mix producers in North America our customers! The New Strategic Goal 17 Photo by: McNeilus Concrete
- 19. Focus increased significantly We worked harder We realized we lacked important capabilities Strategy Transformed Our Work 18 Observe Orient Decide Act Photo by: http://cdn.heavyequipmentguide.ca/
- 21. Balanced Exploration and Exploitation Fleet Problems and tactical exercises Variability within the fleet No defined approach little codified doctrine Learning was integral to the Navys approach Prewar Learning System 20
- 24. Failures & Rapid Learning 23
- 25. Commanders overwhelmed Too much data Too little actionable information Formations need to be more stable Minor Tactics need more emphasis Lessons 24
- 28. PAC-10: Current Tactical Orders and Doctrine, Pacific Fleet Effective plans for Minor Tactics Enabled interchangeability of ships and task groups Transformed fleet tactics New Doctrines Emerge 28
- 29. Pacific Offensives 1942- 1944 29 Solomons Aug 1942 Nov 1943 Central Pacific Offensive Nov 1943 Oct 1944 Nov 1943 Oct 1944 Sept 1944 Feb 1944 June 1944
- 30. TracerNE T Part 2 30 Picture by: AG84
- 31. ? Co-located team Small batches Limited number of changes at one time No process constraints free to define our doctrine TracerNET was agile not Agile 31
- 32. Scalability for centralized dispatch Oracle support for distributed companies Two Crucial Challenges 32
- 33. Lessons integrated Doctrine evolves: Standardize customer installs Application changes rapidly Multithreading Centralized dispatch support Multiple database support Defined interfaces for integration We Learn Rapidly 33
- 34. 3 of top 5 producers were TracerNET customers Winning the 4th We transformed the landscape And then it changed again We Achieve Strategic Success 34
- 36. U.S. Navy Take the offensive Win in the Solomon Islands Transform naval combat Strategy Frames the Opportunity 36 TracerNET Create focus Dominate Ready-Mix Market Get acquired
- 37. Strategic action triggers doctrinal learning Strategy and Doctrine Synergistic 37 Observe Orient Decide Act Observe Decide Orient Evolutionary doctrine enables strategic opportunities
- 38. Doctrine is not Tactics 38
- 39. but doctrine informs tactics Doctrine is not Tactics 39 Doctrine is a frame for how Strategy is a frame for what
- 40. What Can You Do? 40 Use strategy to frame the space active OODA Become aware of doctrine Develop feedback loops between them Seek opportunities to evolve your doctrine
Editor's Notes
- #2: USS FARENHOLT, DD-491
- #5: Dr. Everett Carl Dolman is Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the US Air Forces School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS).
- #8: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F86F_Sabres_-_Chino_Airshow_2014_(cropped).jpg
- #9: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mandel_zoom_05_tail_part.jpg
- #10: Photo: Paul Rutherford UltiPhotos.com
- #15: Cruiser QUINCY, CA-39 Wrecked and burning
- #17: Photo by Thomas R Machnitzki: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durham_school_bus_depot_Shelby_Oaks_Dr_Memphis_TN_01.jpg
- #18: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Concrete_Transport_Truck.jpg
- #19: https://www.facebook.com/mcneilusconcrete/photos/a.396554414073.172661.168909779073/10153607281794074/?type=3&theater
- #20: http://cdn.heavyequipmentguide.ca/files/products/image/medium/0016/3766_0_aa0b3_30867_mixer-cemstonevr4g8721-dl-copy.jpg
- #23: USS SAN FRANCISCO, CA-38 at Mare Island, CA. Circles show battle damage. Rear Admiral Norman Scott Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
- #24: USS WASHINGTON, BB-56 Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee
- #25: USS MINNEAPOLIS, CA-36 USS ST. LOUIS
- #28: USS DENVER, CL-58 Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, (left) working with a maneuvering board on USS Montpelier (CL-57), during operations in the Solomon Islands, 23 December 1943. Captain W.D. Brown is also present.
- #29: Destroyer CHARLES AUSBURNE, DD-570 Captain Arleigh A. Burke, Commander Destroyer Squadron 23, during operations in the Solomon Islands, circa 1943.
- #32: https://en.wheelsage.org/peterbilt/348/107431/111701/pictures/av4h5e/
- #35: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa260644.vb6tovbdotnetfig3a(l=en-us,v=vs.60).gif
- #40: Old flush-deck destroyers during the interwar period.
- #42: Use strategy to frame the space active OODA Become aware of doctrine Synergistic with strategy Create the what Allow doctrine to inform the how Develop feedback loops between them Seek opportunities to evolve your doctrine; otherwise Tactics will lag Strategy will unravel