22. Agile Governance is an
open, tailored framework
of trust and support to
ensure the team succeeds.
23. Governance should be agreed that addresses at least
the following areas:
Delivery
Management
The Team
Technical
Steering
Creative
Steering
Product
Vision
Commercial
Management
Risk
Management
33. Team is high performing
The work and schedule are
predictable
Business benefits are realised
Stakeholders are committed
Scope is realistic and managed
Risks are mitigated
Delivery org benefits realised
“Are the team happy?”
“How does the current sprint and up-
coming sprints look?”
“Are we meeting user needs?”
“Are the stakeholders engaged?”
“Is the backlog understood?”
“Are the risks clear?"
“Are commercials / business case ok?”
Zuhlke regional director for the Norht
responsible for delivery governance for norhtern projects
Through lots of experience Great network of peers, coleagues and mentors who help define to help define best how to goven aagile project
One challenge we have is no one is talking about agile govenance
There are not many books, frameworks or training about agile governace
conplaing to anohetr confernce orgainser about lack of agile goverance – you do it.
Ifnformal networks – doing it – no training
blockiing
Delyaing
Stops us going live
And the truth is that in many cases it does
In the agile comminuty We don’t help ourselves,
Really powerful and effective
But of it’s time
Misleading
arroganr
Org focused not team focused!!
Pushed on the team No sense of ownership
Authority wtf
Those who take orders usually run at half speed, underutilizing their imagination and initiative
Focusing on avoiding mistakes takes our focus away from continuous improvement
Layers of bueracry
and where’s Wally I mean where’s the user
How do the dev team know they are building the right thing
So many decisions, the team is not empowered
Tech debt decsions
Great but not enough people know about this page
If you do good stand ups etc, you are on your way to good governance
People still do this stuff wrong though
Scpetical about this book being reccomeded as by a book on agile leadership
American neuclea submarines in the 1990s!
Dad & grandad – Chief’s run the Navy
Briliant – it’s reinforced the things I do, given me new ideas, but has given me a better vocabularly
Giving Control – ensuring competence - focus clarity
“The leader-leader model makes the organization stronger.
decoupled from the leader’s personality and presence.
Leader-leader structures are significantly more resilient, and they do not rely on the designated leader always being right.
Further, leader-leader structures spawn additional leaders throughout the organization naturally. It can’t be stopped.”
Scpetical about this book being reccomeded as by a book on agile leadership
American neuclea submarines in the 1990s!
Dad & grandad – Chief’s run the Navy
Briliant – it’s reinforced the things I do, given me new ideas, but has given me a better vocabularly
Giving Control – ensuring competence - focus clarity
“The leader-leader model makes the organization stronger.
decoupled from the leader’s personality and presence.
Leader-leader structures are significantly more resilient, and they do not rely on the designated leader always being right.
Further, leader-leader structures spawn additional leaders throughout the organization naturally. It can’t be stopped.”
Team are never perfect when they form
Lets look at anti patterns where governance is impacted upon
Hopefully you will also recognise these and I;m not just unlucky
Human cost people fall out
Clever people in a roomn
No decision making framework – when we disagree we fall out
May not even know they are wrong build the wrong thing
Or actually building it wrong quality is a leve not a swtich
Similar human cost - demoralising for developers being asked every hour about progress
Finacial cost SEB called out the cost
Became a manager
Movember
Drives unwillingness to be transparent
On purpose, without realising
Unitentional
Starts of with good intention, becomes engrained then outdates
Cab CCB TDA
Swarming
This is the worst for meMight start of with good intention As mtg gets longer subs are replaced
No one can make a decision
Dr strangelove
Swarming
This is the worst for meMight start of with good intention As mtg gets longer subs are replaced
No one can make a decision
It's not a manual and it's not a prescriptive approach.
There is no excuse to dis-engage brain and follow the steps.
This is not a recipe book and is not an attempt to produce another generic Agile text book, wherever possible we will refer out to documentation of good practice.
Every project is different
Tailored expectation exchange
Put your risks on the wall?
Don’t leave it until you need to
Consistency and familiarity
Efficient for both
7 keys
Don’t make governance meetings or conversations arduous
Conversation with team and customer
As leaders we need to ensure sharing happens
Visual project spaces
Communities of practice
Open space company day
Lightning talks
Brown bags
Open show and tells
Cross project sharing
Meet ups
Conferences
Blogs
Mentor-mentor
“People who are treated as followers have the expectations of followers and act like followers.
As followers, they have limited decision-making authority and little incentive to give the utmost of their intellect, energy, and passion.”
People who are treated as followers treat others as followers when they become a leader
Be inclusive
Fika
French
Shouldn’t have to talk about this, but several times I’ve seen governance structures set up to prevent delivery
Particulalry quick delivrery
Governance bloker
Bright hr is the opposite be brave
Trust
Lucky to have had a number of great leaders and mentors who have let me make mistakes and learnd