Breakfast - the most important meal of the day. Certainly, if you miss breakfast around mid-morning you can find yourself lacking the energy and motivation to keep on working; Missing out on a good breakfast can doom you to an ineffectual and frustrating day. The kick-off of a major transition has a similar impact on the success of the transition. But how can we increase the chance of success on a large transition? What is a “good breakfast” when starting a large transition? What should be avoided? Drawing from our own experience of many successful transitions, and learning from the experiences of you, the audience, we will learn what works - and what does not work - when kicking-off large transitions

1. breakfast of
agile
champions
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2. Avoids...
• wasted effort
• confusion
• faux pas
• inertia
• resentment
• incompetence
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3. Builds...
• credibility
• rapport
• momentum
• success
• support
• knowledge
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4. Communication Access - gain the
- create internal right levels of access
communication about to make an impact
the transition
Objective - have
a clearly defined
business objective,
that is easily
understood
Connection - Hierarchy - work
quickly build a with the company
connection with teams hierarchy to guarantee
and internal customers a successful transition
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5. communication breakdown
sprint 0 sprint 1
aims
how?
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9. • plan/organize
• introductions
• listen & learn
• inform & update
• set expectations
• build rapport
• walk the walk
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10. gather
• interviews
• surveys
inform
• open spaces
• scrum cafes
• training
share
• blogs/articles
• social/communities
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11. Suzuki’s
YETs
great high-speed
handling/stability
YET a pleasant ride
fast and smooth low fuel
ride
YET consumption
super quiet YET light weight
great
elegant styling YET aerodynamics
functional
warm YET interior
great stability at low aerodynamic
high speed
YET friction
The Toyota Way, Liker 2004
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12. YETs get outta here!
create 3 YETs you could
use to guide a transition
team on the need to
adopt a new way of
working...
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14. • access
• rooms booking
• local customs
• network
• printers
• agile/pm
• reporting
• processes
• chats
• bulletin bds
• agile groups
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15. more than meeting
at the water fountain
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16. time & effort
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17. skill to be learned
needs practice
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18. has a purpose
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19. takes you outside
your comfort zone
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20. making connections 101
what tips would you give
your new coach on
connecting with:
• people
• a team
• the customer
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23. Machiavellian
"the employment of cunning and
duplicity in statecraft or in general
conduct”
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24. politics
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25. agile enablement battlefield
(or influence diagrams)
1. map people in the
organization
2. rank perceived support
(anti-, pro- or neutral)
3. arrows show influence
(direction & strength)
4.value-driven
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27. thank you
dave.sharrock@agile42.com
Follow us on @agile42
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