The talk I gave at On Product #7 in Berlin, based on the previous talk at ProductTank.

1. REMEMBERING THE
AGILE IN AGILE
Jennifer Beecher

2. MY BACKGROUND
Product Management
Engineering
Coaching
Training

3. “Welcome changing requirements,
even late in development.
-Agile Manifesto

4. CHANGE?!?

5. “It’s all about participation.
Yours truly, as I’m standing here.

6. And now for a bit of theory…

7. JANSSEN’S FOUR ROOMS OF CHANGE

8. ConsultationInformation Participation Co-Creation Co-Ownership
Blegh, Change… Yay, we’re learning!
Jen
The average org’s
management style Agile

9. ConsultationInformation Participation Co-Creation Co-Ownership
+
All the knowledge
in the system

10.
Jennifer’s
6 CS OF CHANGE

11. #1 CONTEXT

12. Shared Strategy
Process
Change Briefing
Share the process and the conversations
Change is a conscious decision that doesn’t
just happen when people aren’t looking

13. #2 CONVERSATION

14. Push information,
not decisions
Roundtables
Valuable information is hard to resist, unlike
decisions imposed on you
Before, during, after:
address concerns early, gather valuable input
Assume Best Intent Understand people’s concerns and solution ideas,
use them as a resource

15. #3 CROSS-POLLINATE

16. Consulting Rotation
Story Grooming
Always someone from the “other” team
included to inform, represent, contribute, share
Groom stories together so they become
everyone’s thing

17. #4 CONSIDER

18. Impact Assessment
Improvement
Opportunities
Understand tech debt, dependency changes,
opportunity cost - “Embrace the Suck”
Can you improve to avoid/predict/prepare
changes of this category in the future?

19. #5 CONFIRM

20. Publish all your
findings
Document and call out
validation
Don’t just focus on the revolutions
Learning what’s good as is is valuable and a great
resource for future iterations - especially over time

21. #6 CELEBRATE

22. Silly celebration
traditions
Change is knowledge
gained
Buzzers, confetti, ice cream, stuffed animals -
anything goes.
Reframe how you communicate change and
embrace that you gained knowledge

23. #1 CONTEXT
#2 CONVERSATION
#3 CROSS-POLLINATE
#4 CONSIDER
#5 CONFIRM
#6 CELEBRATE
Thank you!
Questions?
jen@fyulwood.com