Fourth session in a series of Meetups focussing on Agile transformation. In this session we focus on the Agile teams - what make a team great and how do you get there.

1. WELCOME TO AGILE
WHERE THE STORIES ARE MADE UP AND
THE POINTS DON’T MATTER

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YOUR HOSTS TODAY
WAJIH ASLAM
RASMUS RUNBERG
Agile IT Manager
Volunteer at Agile ME
https://www.linkedin.com/in/runberg/
Agile Coach & Scrum Master
Agile Catalyst and volunteer at AGILE ME
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4. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION
1. Introduction to the Agile mindset: What is agile – and what is
it not
2. Agile processes and frameworks: Understand the different
frameworks and how they are not a “one-size-fit-all”
3. Agile roles: Where does everyone fit in an agile organization
4. Agile Teams
5. Agile Monitoring and Q&A: What to look out for and your
questions
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5. AGILE
“AN APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT WHERE REQUIREMENTS AND SOLUTIONS EVOLVE
THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF SELF-ORGANIZING AND CROSS-
FUNCTIONAL TEAMS AND THEIR END USERS.
- AND ADAPTIVE PLANNING, EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT, EARLY DELIVERY,
AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IS VALUED WHILE RAPID AND FLEXIBLE
RESPONSE TO CHANGE IS ENCOURAGED”
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8. AGILE MANIFESTO
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by
doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have
come to value:
- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.
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9. - modernagile.org

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12. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION
1. Introduction to the Agile mindset: What is agile – and what is
it not
2. Agile processes and frameworks: Understand the different
frameworks and how they are not a “one-size-fit-all”
3. Agile roles: Where does everyone fit in an agile organization
4. Agile Teams
5. Agile Monitoring and Q&A: What to look out for and your
questions
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13. SCRUM
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14. KANBAN
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15. LESS - LARGE SCALE SCRUM
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16. SAFE - SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK
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17. THE AGILE METRO LINE (AGILE ALLIANCE)
Subway Map to Agile Practices
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18. SO WHERE TO BEGIN?
‣ Seek help!
‣ Understand what problem you are trying to solve
‣ Start simple
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19. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION
1. Introduction to the Agile mindset: What is agile – and what is
it not
2. Agile processes and frameworks: Understand the different
frameworks and how they are not a “one-size-fit-all”
3. Agile roles: Where does everyone fit in an agile organization
4. Agile Teams
5. Agile Monitoring and Q&A: What to look out for and your
questions
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20. AGILE IS A TEAM APPROACH
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21. TEXT
AGILE ROLES
SCRUM
‣ Product Owner
‣ Scrum Master
‣ Development Team
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XP
‣ Programmer
‣ Customer
‣ Tester
‣ Tracker
‣ Coach
‣ Consultant
‣ Manager

22. MANAGEMENT VS LEADERSHIP
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23. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION
4. INTRODUCTION TO AGILE TEAMS
1. Introduction to the Agile mindset: What is agile – and what is
it not
2. Agile processes and frameworks: Understand the different
frameworks and how they are not a “one-size-fit-all”
3. Agile roles: Where does everyone fit in an agile organization
4. Agile Teams
5. Agile Monitoring and Q&A: What to look out for and your
questions

24. WHAT IS A TEAM?
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WHAT IS A TEAM?
Common Goal
Teamwork
Collaboration
Helping Each Other
Alignment

26. THINK ABOUT THE BEST TEAM YOU
HAVE EVER BEEN PART OF
- WHY WAS IT SO?
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27. THE THEORY ABOUT GREAT TEAMS
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The Agile Manifesto
‣ Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the
job done
‣ Agile processes promote sustainable development.
The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant
pace indefinitely
‣ The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-
organizing teams.
‣ At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then
tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

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Google’s Project Aristotle
‣ 180 teams interviewed over a period of 2 years (starting 2012)
‣ No patterns to be found !? - No correlation between successful and
non-successful teams !?
‣ No clear insights from looking into personal friendships, strong
management, team structure, personal interests, gender etc. ??!!??
‣ Group norms were found to be key to success in a team

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32. HOW DO YOU BUILD
A TEAM?
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33. KNOW YOUR TEAM
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34. SERVANT LEADERSHIP
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‣ Empathy
‣ Awareness
‣ Building Community
‣ Persuasion
‣ Conceptualization
‣ Growth

35. LEADERSHIP
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‣ How do you measure performance?
‣ How do you give performance based bonuses?

36. TEAM COMMUNICATION
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‣ Invoke Socrates
Ask, Don’t tell …
‣ Difficult Conversations
Stay on your own half …

37. TEAM EXERCISES
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‣ Kick-offs and alignments
‣ “Marketplace of Skills”

38. TEXT
PURSUE IMPROVEMENTS / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
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39. QUESTIONS?

40. WIN TICKETS

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42. UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET STARTED WITH YOUR AGILE TRANSFORMATION
1. Introduction to the Agile mindset: What is agile – and what is
it not
2. Agile processes and frameworks: Understand the different
frameworks and how they are not a “one-size-fit-all”
3. Agile roles: Where does everyone fit in an agile organization
4. Agile Teams
5. Agile Monitoring and Q&A: What to look out for and your
questions
4. INTRODUCTION TO AGILE TEAMS