Conquering The Common Fears That Burden Agile Teams

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Conquering

The Common Fears That Burden Agile Teams

Ionut Grecu

Scrum Master

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Objectives

Understand how fear can hold you back from being who you could be

Develop an ability to reframe how you think about fearful situations

Learn to take risks in which you may fail and learn to survive failure

Actual Improvements from Implementing Agile

Got Better81%

No Change5%

Got Worse3%

Don't Know11%

INCREASED TEAM MORALE/MOTIVATION

* The 10th annual State of Agile Report

Agile Requires a Shift in Mindset

Agile Is All About Change

Fear Is An Adaptive Response - Sometimes

Phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no

actual danger.

Courage

Scrum

XP

Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more

resources at our disposal. This gives us the courage to undertake

greater challenges.

We will tell the truth about progress and estimates. We don't

document excuses for failure because we plan to succeed. We

don't fear anything because no one ever works alone. We will

adapt to changes when ever they happen.

Fear Of Change

Metathesiophobia

Charles Darwin

It is not the strongest of the species

that survives, nor the most intelligent

that survives. It is the one that is

most adaptable to change.

What You Need To Know About Change

Change is inevitable

Your resistance to change is often a struggle between opposing factors of your own personality

Change is generally easier if you cope with it in stages

Unlearn what you’ve already learned

The end state is unpredictable

Benjamin Franklin

When you are finished changing,

you are finished.

Fear Of Conflict

Fear Of Vulnerability

The Myth Of The Genius Programmer

Fear Of Losing The Identity

Testers’ Fears

Fear that they will lose

their QA identity

Fear that they lack the skills

to work in an agile team and

will lose their jobs

Fear that when they’re

dispersed into development

teams, they won’t get the

support they need

We Still Love Testers

Fear Of Failure

Atychiphobia

Failure – A Matter of

Perspective

Ellen DeGeneres

It's failure that gives you the proper

perspective on success

Prerequisites For Mastering Your Fears

Acknowledge Fear as a Core Attitude1

Realize That You Can Change2

Embrace Change3

Friedrich Nietzsche

The snake which cannot shed its skin

has to die. As well as the minds

which are prevented from changing

their opinions; they cease to be

mind.

Are You Ready?

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