Overcoming Self-organization Blocks

What I Do 20 years in IT, clients in three continents and a U.S. work visa for “extraordinary abilities in Sciences”. I help IT organizations to ﬁnd better ways of doing business. I support teams and individuals who want to improve technically and relationally. More info at http://andreaprovaglio.com

The Three Elements Of This Talk Ba ckground Stories Insights

A Few ThingsI Learned About IT...

Software Is Intangible

Software Is Collaborative

Software Is Heuristic

Agile At Its Core SW Development is Empirical (feedback loops) Teams are Systems (self-organization)

Unfortunately, We Come From This

We Also Come From This

And We Are Evolving

But What AboutSelf-organization?

Self-Organization Is Built Into Agile The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need and trust them to get the job done. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. Image and text from http://agilemanifesto.org

Self-Organization Is Essential Without Self- organi zation you go back to C ommand and Control (linear processes).

Where Is Your Self-organization? Self-organization can only be enabled, not enforced.

What Kind Of Self-Organization? We need self-organization aligned with our business goals.

A Systemic Organizational Chart Institutional Interactional Influential A system with articulate relationships

A Few StoriesFrom The Field

Building Fences Divisive Talk Taking Side Against ... Withholding Information Bein g Pleased by Other’s Failures (even your competitor’s) Pointing Out Other’s Mistakes

Blaming Blocks energy, even when it’s latent. It’s caused by...

Judgement Carried on with superiority and an emotional quality to it.

I Know What You Have To Do Parent Parent Adult Adult Child Child Ego States

Paddling Against The River

Let’s Wrap It Up • Self-organization can only be enabled, not enforced • We are evolving from a purely technical industry • Your organization works better when there is cohesion, a shared goal and everyone is in their place If you change something inside, something outside changes as well.

Thank You! Blog: http://beyondagile.com

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Overcoming Self-organization Blocks

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