Unicorns, Krakens and self organizing teams

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Agiles 2014 - Medellín

Unicorns, Krakens, Self Organizing Teams and other mythological

beasts


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Some stretching!


Command and Control


Master Surgeon Teams


Self Organization!


Distributed Intelligence


Systems theory...


Agile Manifesto


XP


Nonaka & Takeuchi / Scrum


Lean


Collaboration


Autonomy


Motivation


Creativity


Bus Factor


Hyperproductive Teams


Let’s be like...


Release the Kraken!


Errrrr...


Misunderstandings

“Self-organizing team” may be the most over-used, mis-understood,

vague, and mis-leading phrase of the decade”

Esther Derby


No Managers


Anarchy


Flower Power


“We decide priorities”


“Self Organized Waterfall”


“Self Organized Refactoring”


“Cosmetic Scrum”


“No testing”


Lost unicorn!

(If found, stop doing drugs)


“Agile is only for stars”


What went wrong?


View from the top


Cargo Cult


Underpants Gnomes


Underpants Gnomes

1 2 3

?


Underpants Gnomes

1 2 3

?


10 tips to successful Self Organizing Teams


1) Alignment


Context


2) Culture


Environment


Culture: Level 2


Culture: Level 3


Culture: Level 4


Culture: leaders


3) Boundaries & constraints


Self organization needs a “Self”


Constrained Self-Org


Unconstrained Self-Org


4) Assess Team Maturity


Tuckman


Team Identity


5) Progressive Delegation


Delegation Boards


6) Progressive Facilitation


ScrumDude


ScrumMom


True ScrumMaster


Agile Nirvana


7) Skills


Agile Fluency Model

(James Shore, Diana Larsen)http://martinfowler.com/articles/agileFluency.html


8) Team Dynamics


Blaming Trust

IndividualismHolding Knowledge Sarcasm

Violent Comunication

Emotional Judgement


9) Personal Issues


Motivation StatusRole Confidence

Character Fear


But...What if it still fails?


10) Protect The Team


Manager’s role


Manager’s Role - this does not work


Continuity Principle


Manager’s Role

CultureResources

Team Structure / formingAlignment, goals

Boundaries, ConstraintsMentoring

Cross-team collaborationProvide Feedback

Support and Protect the teams


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An integrated model

AlignmentContext

BoundariesConstraints

Skills Team Dynamics Individual

Issues

SellConsult

Agree Advice, Inquire

Delegate

Protect Team

Each new term adds over the previous ones:

Support Team

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Team Identity


Even if you don’t believe in Unicorns...


Unicorns DO believe in you!


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