17. Objective To: Gain an understanding of the basic principles
of Agile Culture Gain an understanding of how behaviour and
personality types can affect performance . Love it when a plan
comes together
18. Pigs They are committed to the work. They are working in a
pigpen with other pigs who also love their work When Agility is
well set, they are all willing to put their flesh-on-the- table
each day because they feel ownership of the work They are assertive
and accountable for the success of the project and have a majority
(if not all) of their performance goals linked directly to the
success of the project and their specific Agile team They are
involved, enganged to the project.In Scrum, its the purpose of the
Scrum Team (Delivery Team, Scrum Master and Product Owner)
19. Chickens They come and go on the project While chickens are
mostly helpful because they are contributing their eggs, they dont
always understand the full context because they are not a dedicated
team member So occasionally they may accidentally contribute a
rotten egg They are not accountable for the success of the project,
although they may have a small portion of their performance goals
linked to the success of the project
20. Lets add the A-Team
21. Templeton "Face(man)" Peck Suave, smooth-talking, and
hugely successful with women who serves as the team's con man and
scrounger, as he is able to get his hands on just about anything
they need
22. The agile Face Then they like to steal not only resources
(Agile team members) for their own teams, but they also steal ideas
from others They are not necessarily negative, because they are
often so quiet in their manipulative work They are dedicated to
their own success They like to stealthily move into and through the
team seeing who has certain skills and ideas
23. Bosco Albert "B.A." Baracus His character is basically that
of the public persona of Mr. T himself. He is a skilled fighter and
is easily roused to anger, earning him the nickname "Bad
Attitude"
24. The agile B.A. Sometimes referred to as bullies, they
charge right into the team and attempt to direct them to their own
work and often deviate the team from building product functionality
Typically, they are not interested in the Agile mindset because
they see it as a challenge to their authority (technical or
managerial) or dont really understand or care about the business
benefits of Agile, but instead want to maintain their own status
They are command-and-control types who think they can continue to
tell their folks what to do even though they are dedicated to their
Agile teams
25. Howling Mad Murdock He was the best chopper pilot of the
Vietnam War who is either mentally unstable or exceptionally good
at pretending to be so. He routinely escapes to accompany the
A-Team on their missions. The symptoms of his "insanity" varies,
but generally includes self-identification with fictional
characters, hallucinations, and frequently refers to his invisible
dog, "Billy"
26. The agile Murdock They like to fly around the project and
not really contribute in any manner They enjoy talking (mostly
hearing themselves speak) and pretend they are adding value, but
they are only annoying the Pigs (Agile team members) Often, they
like to swoop in so it can look like they are involved (and theyll
tell others this)
27. John "Hannibal" Smith Hannibal is the leader of the A-Team.
He is a brilliant tactician and a master of disguise. Hannibal is
distinguished by his cigar smoking, black gloves, disguises, and
his catch phrase, "I love it when a plan comes together. Hannibal
thrives on adventure and life-threatening situations), he seems to
genuinely enjoy every situation they get into.
28. The agile Hannibal No team is complete without a leader
However, in agile, it cannot be just any leader but instead a
benevolent leader who is good to his team and ensure the team have
what they need to grow and prosper The agile Hannibal encourages,
inspires, and allows for team autonomy and self organisation
29. Tawnia Baker Tawnia was a relatively short-lived
second-season character. She was a reporter who had heard of the
team and helped the A-Team out a few times, although she never
fully incorporated herself into the team
30. The agile Tawnia They are a lazy type on an agile team that
really do not pitch in but instead like to hide in the background
They are almost purposefully not assertive, have been used to just
getting by on projects for years, and are not really interested in
feeling ownership of the work. They typically neither positive nor
negative and simply like to be left alone The other team members
will begin to notice this behaviour and realise they are not really
interested in becoming part of the team
31. Rules, Process, Constraints We will divide into teams Each
team will be given a personality role to play as part of the table
team The team in their new personality types will try and
accomplish a task given to them from the facilitator The team has
10 minutes to see what happens After each round we will swarm the
tables to debrief and guess each of the team members personality
types and discuss observations. We will play 3 rounds followed by a
group de-brief
32. Debrief
33. What happened? What did you observe? How did you feel? How
would you tackle these behaviours? What have you learnt? What will
you take away from todays session?