Presentation used during my talk at Discuss Agile Bangalore 2017

2. An Agile Manager's Guide to
a Peaceful Night's Sleep
Vivek Ganesan
Agile/DevOps Coach
^
nearly

7. Are Managers Happy ?

8. Stress Source #1 -
The Question of Job Security

11. Management is everyone’s job

12. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers

13. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers
… for
● ?

14. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers
… for
● Interfacing with non-agile
parts of the organization

15. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers
… for
● Interfacing with non-agile
parts of the organization
● Catalysis

16. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers
… for
● Interfacing with non-agile
parts of the organization
● Catalysis
● Design and operation of
socio-economic systems

17. Not too far in the future,
teams will hire managers
… for
● Interfacing with non-agile
parts of the organization
● Catalysis
● Design and operation of
socio-economic systems
● Leading the leadership

18. Are Managers Happy ?

19. Are Managers Happy ?^
with secure jobs

21. Stress Source #2 -
Sudden changes in weather

22. Days to release: 15

23. Days to release: 15
What will be
the quality
of your
sleep?

24. Days to release: 15

25. Days to release: 10

26. Days to release: 10

27. Days to release: 9

28. Days to release: 5

29. Days to release: 5

30. Days to release: 2

31. Days to release: 2

32. What do we do
while we are in
this zone?

33. Is there an
alternate way ?

34. Use a model of work that
● is closer to where the work
happens
● creates ‘future oriented’
conversations
● gives you not just status but
also options
● takes probabilities from past
data

35. This is one
such model.

36. Work
Remaining
Time
Today
Planned Burndown
Worst-caseBest-case
...and this one
too..

37. Teach the teams to adjust their
plans

38. Use a model of commitment
that
● has confidence ratings built-in
● limits commitments
● defers commitments as much as
possible

39. Stress Source #3 -
Having to play the bad guy

40. What if you
are forced to
‘force’ the
team to do
something?

41. Manage the technical debt
But also
the motivational debt of the team
● Make it visible
● Pay off this debt frequently

42. Manage the technical debt
But also
the motivational debt of the team
● Make it visible
● Pay off this debt frequently
^
not only

43. Manage the technical debt
But also
the motivational debt of the team
● Make it visible - add a card to a team board
● Pay off this debt frequently & transparently
^
not only

44. What did we learn ?
● Agile transformation needs manager’s safety and catalysis for it to
succeed
● Stress - 1 : Job Security
○ Teams will hire managers for
■ Interfacing
■ Catalysis
■ Socio-economic systems design and operation
■ Leading the leadership
● Stress - 2 : Changes in Weather
○ Model of work & Model of Commitment
● Stress - 3 : Having to play the bad guy
○ Manage motivational debt

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