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Making Team Working Work
Warsaw, October 10, 2017
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Purpose

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Autonomy

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Safety

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Teamworking
Purpose
Safety Autonomy

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Becoming Agile is a Journey
• Self-assess
• Experiment
• Learn & adapt
70++ Tools & Checklist Assessing Agility
Self-assessments

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Assessing Teams
Do:
• Teams own assessments – provide the means
• Assess frequently
• Celebrate successes
Don’t:
• Compare teams
• Use levels as a goal
• Aim for compliance

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Organizing for Teamwork
Establish Stable Teams
Enable Diversity
Design for Improvement

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Creating a Teamwork Culture
Guide Self-organization
Stimulate Collaboration
Foster Modern Leadership
Be an Example

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Recommended books

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Background Information

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Trainer / Coach / Adviser / Author / Speaker
Agile, Lean, Quality & Continuous improvement
Freelance Editor for InfoQ.com
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Books: Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives
What Drives Quality Continuous Improvement
Games: Agile Self-assessment Game

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Assessing your Agility
Over 70 tools:
• Self-Assessment checklists
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• Measurements
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Agile Self-Assessments

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Retrospectives Book
Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives
By Luis Gonçalves & Ben Linders
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Continuous Improvement
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continuous improvement,
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“Continuous Improvement is the act of continuously doing
whatever helps to become better and thus more valuable”

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Getting More out of Agile & Lean
Practices for teams and stakeholders to develop the right
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