14. Learning is treated as
an individualistic
activity
PhotobyEmoryMaiden
@ewebber
15. @ewebber
PhotobyRufino
“From observing others
one forms an idea of
how new behaviours are
performed, and on later
occasions this coded
information serves as a
guide for action”
Albert Bandura
Social Learning Theory
18. @ewebber
Photobygomagoti
“Teams of people have a
collective intelligence
that is independent of
individual intelligence
and greater than
individual intelligence.”
Alex “Sandy” Pentland
@ewebber
19. People need a support
network to keep them
motivated
PhotobyJonathan
@ewebber
21. @ewebber
A community of practice is group of people who
share a concern or passion and
• support each other
• learn together
• share knowledge
• collaborate and create better practices
• join up parts of the organisation
31. @ewebber
Photobygomagoti
“as a team gets bigger,
the number of links that
need to be managed
among members goes
up at an accelerating,
almost exponential rate.
It’s managing the links
between members that
gets teams into trouble.”
Robin Dunbar@ewebber
72. @ewebber
Purpose:
Delivery of digital services
Communication:
Daily (all stand-ups, retrospectives,
planning, show and tells)
Co-located:
Daily, all day
74. @ewebber
Purpose:
Bring in specialist information to assist the
delivery, assurance as needed, reduce
dependencies and blockers (open doors)
Communication:
Regularly (stand-ups, retrospectives, planning,
show and tells)
Co-located:
On a regular basis ~ 2 days a week
76. @ewebber
“Working directly with the legal team, with
a greater understanding of each other’s
challenges and constraints, led to some
pretty important successes for online
voter registration and the people using it.”
- Pete Herlihy product manager for online voter registration
81. @ewebber
Knowledge
Handoffs0 1 2
50% knowledge lost in handoffs
3 4
Poppendieck, Mary and Tom. Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
85. @ewebber
Person A Person B Person C Person D Person E Risk
Skill 1 3 1 1 3 3
Skill 2 0 1 3 1 3
Skill 3 1 2 3 3 3
Skill 4 1 3 0 2 2
Staff liquidity
HT Chris Matts