10. Relocate to waterfront property
Create outdoor living space
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
11. Relocate to waterfront property
Create Maintain outdoor living space (change in scope)
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
12. Relocate to waterfront property
Create Maintain outdoor living space (change in scope)
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
15. Relocate to waterfront property
Create Maintain outdoor living space (change in scope)
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
16. My Backlog
Have a kid
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
DEPENDENCIES!!!
Cut down tree
Get a new roof
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
19. Relocate to waterfront property
Create Maintain outdoor living space (change in scope)
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
DEPENDENCIES!!!
Cut down tree
Get a new roof
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
22. Relocate to waterfront property
Create Maintain outdoor living space (change in scope)
Have a kid
Have another kid
Update Kitchen
My Backlog
Save money
Read about parenting
Convert room into a proper nursery
Get knocked up
DEPENDENCIES!!
Cut down tree
Get a new roof
SCOPE CREEP!
Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
25. Upfront planning only takes you so far
Embrace YAGNI (“You aren’t gonna need it”)
Identify stories of EPIC proportion and break down into
smaller slices
Expect Dependencies and constantly reevaluate priority order
Retrospective
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26. Jess Long
@ScrumAndGinger
Through my own experience of Agile adoption…
I saw parallels to real life.
I also saw parallels of principles and concepts
recognized at a team level that can be brought to scale
organizational change and culture.
I was fascinated with the Scrum Master and the value
of Servant Leadership.
27. The most toxic of all organizational debt?
= Bad managers
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@ScrumAndGinger
29. The most toxic of all organizational debt?
= Bad managers
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@ScrumAndGinger
30. Leadership is not a rank, it
is a responsibility.
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31. Ask not what your team can
do for you, ask what you
can do for your team.
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32. “The servant-leader is servant first, it
begins with natural feeling that one
wants to serve, to serve first, as
opposed to, wanting power, influence,
fame or wealth.”
-Robert Greenleaf
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33. “A leader is best when people barely
know he exists, when his work is
done, his aim fulfilled, they will say:
we did it ourselves.”
-Lao Tzu
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34. …influence rather than power and control
…inspiration rather than position and title
…focusing on others’ strengths rather than weaknesses
…listening rather than giving orders
…humility rather than pride
…the big picture rather than self interest
…long-range benefits rather than short-term profits
…creating new futures rather than maintaining the status quo
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@ScrumAndGinger
35. For some of us…
This is second nature.
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@ScrumAndGinger
36. But for some, it’s an alien concept…
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@ScrumAndGinger