illusions - agile prague 2016

DEADLYILLUSIONS

Tomas Kejzlar

Who am I?

Tomas Kejzlar

agile coach at MSD Innovation Centre in Prague

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IllusionSomething that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.The state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension.An instance of being deceived.

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Deliver more and more ”stuff”

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Are you able to deliver working and valuable software every week?

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Ask yourself

Are we taking small steps, evaluating them, learning from them and feeding it back to subsequent steps we make?

Or are we just imposing a different set of processes and tools?

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illusion of Leadership / Management

illusion of Visibility

illusion of Competence

illusion of Delivery

illusion of Quality

illusion of Collaboration

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Other common illusions...

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questions?

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Fred Henry Williams

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Tomas Kejzlar

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