Slides of the Talk "Earned, Not Given" presented at the Italian Agile Day 2014

1. Earned, Not GivenEarned, Not Given
Italian Agile Day 2014
Ancona, November 15th
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2. MaurizioMaurizio
3535
expatexpat
husband, fatherhusband, father
working @ emakina.beworking @ emakina.be

3. what about you?what about you?

4. Agile is earned, not givenAgile is earned, not given
what's the story?what's the story?
the era of complexitythe era of complexity
why agile?why agile?
plant your seedsplant your seeds

5. todaytoday
what's the story?what's the story?

6. 2001, The Manifesto2001, The Manifesto
Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools
Working software over Comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation
Responding to change over Following a plan
2005, Declaration of Interdependence2005, Declaration of Interdependence
2009, Manifesto for Software Craftmanship2009, Manifesto for Software Craftmanship
2008, The 5th Value: Craftmanship over Crap (R. Martin)2008, The 5th Value: Craftmanship over Crap (R. Martin)

7. Z. Bauman, 2000Z. Bauman, 2000
youyou
getget
it...it...

8. 14 years...14 years...
20002000

9. liquidliquid
high pacehigh pace
not predictablenot predictable
disruptivedisruptive

10. todaytoday
what's the story?what's the story?
the era of complexitythe era of complexity

11. cynefin frameworkcynefin framework
D. SnowdenD. Snowden

12. cynefin Lego gamecynefin Lego game
http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2011/12/25/cyn
efin-lego-game/

13. todaytoday
what's the story?what's the story?
the era of complexitythe era of complexity
why agile?why agile?

14. tools that helpstools that helps
to make senseto make sense
out of complexityout of complexity
AgileAgile
sharedshared

15. now we "just" neednow we "just" need
to implement itto implement it

16. by the book...by the book...

17. Agile does this?Agile does this?
tell me more abouttell me more about
this imaginary placethis imaginary place

19. you don't needyou don't need
to do it "by the book"to do it "by the book"

20. you are here...you are here...

21. with great power...with great power...
"Doesn't matter if the Agile coach is knowledgeable, experienced and can"Doesn't matter if the Agile coach is knowledgeable, experienced and can
have the sense of all the forces at work and the vision of how the wholehave the sense of all the forces at work and the vision of how the whole
should come out and so can have the understanding and the intuition ofshould come out and so can have the understanding and the intuition of
what is not working and which interventions are required. The morewhat is not working and which interventions are required. The more
advanced the tools and models and paradigms used are and the moreadvanced the tools and models and paradigms used are and the more
insightful the intuitions of the Agile Coach are, the more they are hard toinsightful the intuitions of the Agile Coach are, the more they are hard to
understand and explain in a simple and effective and rational way."understand and explain in a simple and effective and rational way."
L. Minudel, http://bit.ly/1yFjs4p

22. but you definitely needbut you definitely need
the agile mindsetthe agile mindset

23. Carol Dweck, 2008Carol Dweck, 2008

24. the experimentthe experiment
two groupstwo groups
one simple testone simple test
“You must be smart at this.”“You must be smart at this.”
“You must have worked really hard.”“You must have worked really hard.”

25. the experimentthe experiment
phase 2phase 2
choice betweenchoice between
easyeasy difficultdifficult
Smart ~80%Smart ~80% Effort ~90%Effort ~90%

26. the experimentthe experiment
phase 3phase 3
one test, designed for failureone test, designed for failure
Effort:Effort: ‘This is my favorite test.’ ‘This is my favorite test.’
Smart:Smart: easily discouragedeasily discouraged

27. the experimentthe experiment
phase 4phase 4
easy test, againeasy test, again
Smart -20%Smart -20%
Effort +30%Effort +30%

28. the experimentthe experiment
phase 5phase 5
retrospectiveretrospective
Smart: 40% lied about their scoresSmart: 40% lied about their scores

29. shiftshift
STATICSTATIC AGILEAGILE
abilityability
goalgoal
challengechallenge
failurefailure
efforteffort
reactionreaction
staticstatic
look goodlook good
avoidavoid
defines your identitydefines your identity
for those with no talentfor those with no talent
helplessnesshelplessness
like musclelike muscle
to learnto learn
embraceembrace
provides infoprovides info
path to masterypath to mastery
resilienceresilience

30. the shoulder of giantsthe shoulder of giants

31. spotifyspotify

32. todaytoday
what's the story?what's the story?
the era of complexitythe era of complexity
why agile?why agile?
plant your seedsplant your seeds

33. 11
build meaningfulbuild meaningful
relationshipsrelationships

34. pay respectpay respect
to everyoneto everyone

35. pay respectpay respect

36. askask
for helpfor help

37. say "thank you"say "thank you"
say "I'm sorry"say "I'm sorry"

38. 22 enjoyenjoy
the conflictthe conflict

39. substantivesubstantive affectiveaffective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_management
conflictconflict

40. debug your conflictdebug your conflict
meaningmeaning
significancesignificance
responseresponse
Untangling Communication, Dale H. Emery, 2001

41. leverage yourleverage your
emotionsemotions

42. failure?failure?
you're welcomeyou're welcome

43. conflictconflict
goodgood
is a green fieldis a green field

44. 33 playplay

45. wastewaste
waste everywherewaste everywhere

46. find somethingfind something
to improveto improve
valuablevaluable

47. start smallstart small
proceed by iterationproceed by iteration

48. safe to failsafe to fail
experimentexperiment
amplifyamplify dampendampen

49. mix, match, hack..mix, match, hack..

53. "However beautiful the"However beautiful the
strategystrategy, you should, you should
occasionally look at the results."occasionally look at the results."

54. verifyverify
retrospectretrospect
provide evidenceprovide evidence

55. try again...try again...
you can always haveyou can always have
an alibian alibi
but that won't help youbut that won't help you

57. La differenza...La differenza...

58. thank youthank you
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