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@MichaelSahota
Understanding and Working with
Agile Culture
About Michael
17 years IT11 years Agile
STRATEGIC PLAY®
Agile Is Mainstream
Source: VersionOne 2012 Annual State of Agile Development Surveyhttp://www.versionone.com/state-of-agile-survey-results/
Many Benefits from Agile
Source: VersionOne 2012 Annual State of Agile Development Surveyhttp://www.versionone.com/state-of-agile-survey-results/
Manage Changing Priorities
⬆Productivity
⬆Visibility
⬆Team Morale
⬆Quality
⬇Risk
Agile is not a Silver Bullet
CC Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/
Agile Fails Due to Culture
Sources: Multiple Workshops with 100’s of participants; Version One Surveyhttp://agilitrix.com/2012/08/agile-2012-workshop-results/
Company Culture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokner/4164251472
Why is Culture Important?
Edgar ScheinProfessor MIT Sloan School of Management
“The only thing of real importance
that leaders do is to create and manage
culture.”
“If you do not manage culture, it manages you, and you may not even be aware of the extent to which this is happening.”
Photo courtesy: http://leadership-tdoerffer.blogspot.com/2010/11/enjoy-interview-with-prof-edgar-schein.html
Your Turn to Play
Agile Tour Toronto 2011
Agile 2012
@MichaelSahota
What is Agile Culture?
Graphic © Jurgen Appelo
Agile Mindset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tza/3214197147
Doing Agile
Being Agile
Agile Practices
Concept-Bob Hartman
Most Value Comes from Mindset/Culture, not Practices
~20% Benefit
~3X Benefit
•Ability to manage changing priorities
•Improved Visibility•Increased Productivity•Improved Quality•Reduced Risk
•Customer Delight•Joy at work•Engagement•Innovation, Creativity•Continuous Learning
Culture Mismatch will Slow and Ultimately Fail Your Agile Initiative
Avoid seductive fantasy that Agile practices will change your Culture. They won’t.
Option 1: Work with Existing Culture
Option 1a: Incrementally Adopt Agile Practices that fit Culture
Example: Introducing automated testing to reduce regression test costs and time.
Find the practice (puzzle piece) that fits your problem.
Option 1b: Use Kanban Toolkit to Start Evolving Your Process & Practices
1.Visualize Work2.Add Metrics3.Make Improvements
Option 2: Change Organizational Culture
“75% of a company’s management is honestly convinced that business as usual is totally unacceptable.” - John Kotter
Scrum
• Throw out your existing process• Start with Scrum Framework• Add in elements needed to fit your
environment (e.g. UX, Regulatory)
Creating A Culture Bubble
Incubate Transformational Leadership
• Live the values• Lead by example• Seek to truly understand their culture• Be as transparent as the teams they leadSee presentation: Agile From the Top Down:
Executives & Leadership Living Agile by Jon Stahlhttp://www.slideshare.net/LeanDog/agile-from-the-top-down
Leaders go first!
Temenos: Safety, Trust & Connection
Create deep alignment between leadership team’s personal visions to create compelling shared vision for the organization
Requires first building:• Safety• Trust• Authentic
Connection
Next Toronto Workshop: Jan 25 & 26, 2014. Register
PMI-ACP is about Process, not Culture
PMI – ACP (Agile Certified Professional)• “Demonstrate to employers your level of
professionalism in Agile practices of project management.”
• Covers: Principles, practices and tools and techniques across agile methodologies (Scrum, kanban, XP, lean, etc.)
• Understanding of Agile as culture is currently outside of PMI-ACP scope.
Get Help with Agile Practices to Avoid Wasting Time & Effort
One of about 50 coaches worldwide that know how to help organization
succeed with Agile*.
* About half of my work is with Kanban
Get Help with Culture to Develop a 21st Century Workforce
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Email me: [email protected] Sign up for my newsletter at:http://agilitrix.com
I wrote “the book” on Agile & Culture.
