Agile conf 2011:From team to wow team - An agile team's journey

WORKING DRAFT Last Modified 8/15/2011 2:17 PM Eastern Standard Time Printed 8/15/2011 2:17 PM Eastern Standard TimeFrom Team to “Wow Team”:An Agile Team’s JourneyGourav Tiwari and Zainab Alikhan

Project 1: Feb-Apr 2010 Project 2: May-Jul 2010 …a few short months later An Agile team…being mechanical Doing something new and in following practices exciting every day Though they got the work done… Rarely missed sprint commitments they missed sprint commitments + “stretch” stories often + refactoring on the side When things went wrong they When things went wrong, their struggled… best came out Just “Managing” “Two steps ahead”

Project 1: Feb-Apr 2010 Project 2: May-Jul 2010 Velocity = 17 Velocity = 35

Project 1: Feb-Apr 2010 Project 2: May-Jul 2010 Project delivered Project delivered2 weeks behind schedule 3 weeks early

Project 1: Feb-Apr 2010 Project 2: May-Jul 2010 Clients ≠ happy Clients = full of praise

How did they get from Project 1 to Project 2?

Today’s agenda1. What we think is a “wow team”2. Our team before wow…the “agile rut”3. Getting to wow - our Four Commandments One: Get the basics right Two: No idea is too silly Three: Make everything fun! Four: Start small

1. What is a “wow” team?

A team that… …ideates, innovates, and takes pride in its work http://static.iclipart.com/thumbs/022/batch_05/adolescents_children_189021_tnb.png

…inspires others around themhttp://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks/martin-luther-king2.jpg

…delights its clientshttp://www.theultimategameoflife.com/new/wp-content/uploads/Happy_people_dancing_Back50.jpg

…and is driven to get from “Good to Great”

2. Our “team” (before wow)

Who are we?Ritcha Malhotra, Gourav Tiwari, Zainab Alikhan,Team member Team member Product owner

1. Prod deployments every 2 to 4 weeks 2. Dept size 50%, doing same work 3. Quality 4. Support costs Agile …continues Becoming Complacency adoption really good creeps in begins Jan 2007 Jan 2008 Jan 2009 Jan 2010 1. TakingAll projects waterfall shortcuts 2. Becoming mechanical 3. Little freshness

Project 1: Feb-Apr 2010 Project 2: May-Jul 2010 …a few short months later Being Agile…but somewhat Doing something new and mechanical exciting every day Get the work done…but did Rarely miss sprint commitments miss sprint commitments + “stretch” stories + refactoring on the side When things go wrong they When things go wrong, their struggle.. best comes out “Managing” “Two steps ahead”

From “Managing” To “Two steps ahead” How?

3. Getting to “wow”

How did we realize our complacency? 1. Being in touch with the 2. Asking ourselves external world: books, the right questions blogs, talks Bonus: Organizational culture that encouraged us to learn, fail, push the limits

A “wow” team… gets its drive from within http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__laXXxBLiss/TC4Q-mBrUUI/AAAAAAAAAAY/-RvdQsPqFcI/s1600/push.gif

Our Four Commandments

Do you remember your ABCs?

Commandment One: GET THE BASICS RIGHT SHU HA RI Practitioner Journeyman Expert When you’re losing track of the principles, go back to the practices

Commandment One: GET THE BASICS RIGHT Never skip retrospectives

Commandment One: GET THE BASICS RIGHT Get stories to done-done

Do you think an idea is silly?

Commandment Two: NO IDEA IS TOO SILLY http://www.weirdwarp.com/2010/05/newtons-apple-falls-upwards/ Don’t judge ideas before giving them a shot

Commandment Two: NO IDEA IS TOO SILLY Thought for the week

Commandment Two: NO IDEA IS TOO SILLY http://www.abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org/atheism-vs-christianity.html

Are you doing anything that’s boring?

Commandment Three: MAKE EVERYTHING FUN If something’s not fun, you’re not going to do it wellImage source http://www.beyond-bananas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fun.gif?w=298

Commandment Three: MAKE EVERYTHING FUN Feature Matrix1 Footnote

Commandment Three: MAKE EVERYTHING FUN Raise your hand http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/raised%20hand.JPG

Do you have a big goal?

Commandment Four: START SMALL SOURCE:http://deedseeds.com/Image source http://www.beyond-bananas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fun.gif?w=298

Commandment Four: START SMALL Most team-ish room

Commandment Four: START SMALL Parking lot

Takeaways Without innovation and learning even agile can get into a rut Preventing this rut is about the people and their drive to learn and stay fresh Our Four Commandments will help get on the path to “wow” One: Get the basics right Two: No idea is too silly Three: Make everything fun! Four: Start small

Agile conf 2011:From team to wow team - An agile team's journey

by Gourav Tiwari on Aug 14, 2011

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