re learning how to walk: the agile way

Re-Learning How to Walk:

The Agile Way

Santanu Bhattacharya

VP Solutions

Alliance Global Services

July 2014

"Transforming the World of Work"

Regional Scrum Gathering® India 2014

2©Alliance Global Services 2014

A Story ….


Implementation of what we know already is more

important than the knowledge we have and

additional knowledge we gather

Moral of the Story …


We already know a lot of things which can help

achieving our goal and enhance our experience

– At times it requires re-learning and on the way a

little more learning comes while doing it

Moral of the Story …


Software Development is a Complex System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin


How did we learn to walk?


The knowledge and science of walking


How we actually learned to walk


And the support and assurance of the coaches


Humane Agile

Communication & Collaboration

Discretionary Effort

Employee/Team Engagement

Personal/Team Identity

Goal Setting

Agile Wheel


The New Science of Building Great Teams

http://hbr.org/2012/04/the-new-science-of-building-great-teams/ar/1

Alex “Sandy” Pentland

“We’ve found patterns of communication to be the most important predictor of a team’s success. Not only that, but they are as significant as all the other factors—individual intelligence, personality, skill, and the substance of discussions—combined.”



1. Everyone on the team talks and listens in roughly equal measure, keeping

contributions short and sweet.

2. Members face one another, and their conversations and gestures are energetic.

3. Members connect directly with one another—not just with the team leader.

4. Members carry on back-channel or side conversations within the team.

5. Members periodically break, go exploring outside the team, and bring

information back.

The New Science of Building Great Teams




Creating a High Performance Team

Think back to a time when you had a

really good experience in working with

other people in getting some done.

Ever had that?

Most of us can recall at least one

experience…

Mostly everyone knows what a High

Performance Team is, because they

have experienced it for themselves.

“Do we know how to recreate that

experience.”


Discretionary Effort & Engaged Team Members

Scrum both creates and relies on these values:

Openness Courage Respect Focus Commitmenthttp://www.scrumalliance.org/why-scrum/core-scrum-values-roles

Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

Physiological needs Safety needs Love and belonging Esteem Self-actualizationA Theory of Human Motivation – 1943; Motivation & Personality 1954

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.


Employee/Team Engagement

Employee Engagement: Corporate Leadership Council

More than 50,000 employees from 59 organizations, 30 countries, and 14

industries participated in the survey


Personal Identity

Religion

Love Tourism

Currently Living

Father

Husband

Company

Developer

Sports

Origin

Loving

Approachable

Courage

Radical

Conservative

Woman

Man

Democratic


Team Identity

Engineering Excellence

Customer Collaboration

Understand Business

Experiment

Learning

High Quality

Innovate

Enjoy!

Respect

Share

Courage

Openness

Focus

Commitment


Team Identity


Goal Setting

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Realistic/Relevant

Time-boxed

http://sprottshaw.com/fool-proof-your-success-with-smart-goal-setting/

Still Missing Something?

Goal Needs Work Goal is Much Better

I want to work with peopleI want to have a career where I am challenged by other talented developers and architects

I want to do well in my classesI want to earn a 3.20 GPA with no grade below a B

I want to take a one week course and make a ton of $$$

I want to obtain my diplomawhich is recognized by my employers so I can begin my new career within a year

I wish to thoroughly review each career listed in the Occupational Outlook Handbook

I will spend time researching careers that I think I will enjoy and align with my degree

I want to graduate from collegeand get a job

I will graduate by the end of 2013 and be employed before February 2014


“FOR (target customers)

WHO are dissatisfied with (the current market alternative)

OUR PRODUCT is a (new product category)

THAT PROVIDES (key problem-solving capability and measurable benefits)

UNLIKE (the product alternative)

WE HAVE ASSEMBLED (key whole product features for

your specific application).”

Goal Setting

The Crossing The Chasm – Geoffrey MooreMarketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers


Extended Agile Wheel


Re-Learn how to walk


Agile Manifesto & Principles

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.

Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.

Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.

Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.


Humane Agile

Being Agile =


Thank YouSantanu BhattacharyaVP Solutions, Alliance Global Services

+91 9701199566

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http://www.allianceglobalservices.com

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