Pecha-Kucha Agile 2011 peter saddington

The Art of Continuous Education for Teams

Utilizing the PechaKucha 20x20 to Continually Improve Team Education

and KnowledgePeter Saddington, CSM CSPExecutive EditorAgileScout.com@agilescout

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Graduation = End?


Personal Growth?Is personal growth valuable to you?


What is the value to you?What does it mean to you?

-Certifications?-Higher salary?-Promotions?-Success?-Personal reasons?


Self-Educate?How do you continually educate yourself?-School-Read blogs-Twitter / SM-Meet-ups-Conferences-Books-Interest groups


Growth is Important


Growth is Life


Expect Growth for Teams


The Law of Growth for TeamsYou can motivate…You can ask…You can beg…

You can’t force it.You can’t coerce it.You can’t manufacture it.


How?



VISUAL LEARNING+

TEAM SELF-EDUCATING

What is PechaKucha 20x20?• Chit chat


www.pecha-kucha.org - Started February 2003 By Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham

Who started?• Astrid Klein and

Mark Dytham• Architects• Powerpoint =

Long presentations

• 230 cities• Pecha-kucha.org


What is PechaKucha 20x20?• 20 slides• 20 seconds each• Images• A small amount

of text• Automatic

forward


www.pecha-kucha.org - Started February 2003 By Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham

Why so short?• Presenters talk

too much!

• KISS

• Give me the bottom line


PechaKucha is AgileSome of the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto:

•Build projects around motivated individuals•Most efficient and effective method of conveying information is face-to-face conversation•Continuous attention to excellence•Regular intervals the team reflects on how to become more effective


PechaKucha is LeanSome Lean Principles:

•Value first•Employee involvement and empowerment•Strive to continually remove wastes•Quality at the source


PechaKucha is Fun!• Information is

visual• Less fluff• To the point• Lots of

conversation and discussion


Real Life Example• What does it look

like?• How does it work?• Let’s do an

example


PechaKucha Example - KANBAN• “Billboard” • Scheduling system• Taiichi Ohno• My personal Kanban• How it works• Why I like it• Why you should use

it


Kanban


Billboard


Taiichi Ohno


I’m smarter than the average bearI’m smarter than the average bear

Scheduling System


TO-DO


IN PROGRESS


DONE


Pull System


ME = HAPPY!


My Kanban Board


Priorities


Work in Progress


DONE!


WIFE = HAPPY!


Yup. Did good this time.Yup. Did good this time.





Get Started!


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OK! This is cool but…How do I use it for my team or company?


Real ExamplesGive your team the opportunity to share what they know!

-Go to a conference?-New .NET or Ruby class or code?-BA fully document the new process?-QA create a cool new automated test script?-ScrumMaster share a new game?


Lead by ExampleStart by giving a PechaKucha!

-Know your topic-Build out the slides-Hold it during lunch time-Invite the team + others-Get people excited about it-Focus on value and executables


Facilitation TechniquesAnalysis paralysis!-“What do you think?”-“How could you ___ use this?”-“Why might this be good for us?”-“What would you add?”-“I see that you ___ may find value in ___.”-“I heard that you ___ did/learned/ that ___.”-KNOW YOUR TEAM


Follow UpsMake this event memorable!-Put together a survey-Do a contest-Get management involved (food?)-Sign up a next person to present

- Tag them in a one on one- Ask about it during a retrospective- KNOW YOUR TEAM!


Value-Centered EducationSummary:

-PechaKucha is about “what we can do now” to improve our circumstances-Give me valuable and executable steps-Team continual self-education-Team empowerment and involvement


Thank You!

Peter Saddington, CSM CSPPrinciple Agile Coach and Rally Software Agile Coach

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