Leadership in Agile : by Karthik Mahadevan & Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

LeadershipIn

Agile TeamsRamakrishnan Sitaraman

&

Karthik Mahadevan

33+ Years of IT

10+ Years in Agile

Thoughtworks

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes - Oscar Wilde

Technology

Geo Political

Scale of Economics

Consumer behaviour

Ensure Predictability

Authority over inspiration

Efficiency over effectiveness

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Velocity Variety Volume

Innovates Focuses on People Always has an eye on the horizon Challenges the status quo

Leadership is a learnable and practicable skill and not a position - Simon Sinek

What it takes to be a Leader ?

Luckily

Important

Two Factors ^

Command Collaborate

Consensus Convenience

Decision Making

Convenience Decision Making

Enhanced ownership

Work for the team over working for a manager

Higher sense of control & Confidence

Innovation and Improvisations are the norm

Motivated (Agile) Teams

Convenience Decision Making

Shared Outcome / Vision

Shared Context

Responsibility Vs Accountability

Agreement on Progress

Shared Outcome / Vision

“It’s gonna have a small screen, it’s gonna be just a touchscreen, there’s not gonna be any buttons, and everything has to work on that,”

Shared Outcome / Vision

Share Governance call updates / Roadmap Planning exercise

Discuss user / sponsor feedback

Invest in travel

Encourage pairing across roles

Study circle on domain , market & competition

Shared Context - Trichotomy

Tech

Reliable

PerfCadence

USP

Market Fit

Tech Maturity

Safety

ValueDiscomfort

Cost

ScopeTimePO

Team

PM

Scale

ModerniseCompliance

Org

Shared Context - Stakeholder Map

Frequency of Contact

Power (or) Influence

Plan Plan

Plan

Plan

Shared Accountability Vs Responsibility - Teams / Groups

Needs Sales Engg Board

Sales

Engg

Board

Provides Sales Engg Board

Sales

Engg

Board Tech

Shared Accountability Vs Responsibility - Individuals

C

B

A

GF

E

D

Team Goal

Agreement On Progress

Credit :- Mountain Goat Software

Recap

New Age Companies Variety, Velocity & Volume Leadership is a skill

Shared Context

Agreement on Progress

Shared Vision

Accountability & Resp

Riding the Paradox

Decision Making

USP

Scale

Old World

New World

Details Strategic

Employee Client

Process Adaptive

Do Delegate

Control Vulnerable

Risk Averse Welcome Risk

Mindset & Rigidity

Paradoxes

1. Differentiate paradox from Problem

2. Identify Context and Influencing Factors

3. Shared Understanding

4. Balance Continuously

Largest Entity

Entrenched in Hierarchy

Heavy on Administration

Ramki LinkedIn: bit.ly/RamkiSR

MahaLinkedIn : http://bit.ly/MahaKR

Leadership is a learnable and practicable skill and not a position - Simon Sinek

Thank you