The Soft Stuff Is The Hard Stuff. The Agile Soft Skills Toolkit | CodeCamp Conference
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In this presentation I looked at the what, how and why of soft skills, and suggested ways to become more effective and efficient at creating software in an Agile environment by improving the ability to understand, communicate with, and collaborate with other people. The presentation was held on the 25th of April 2015 during the Codecamp conference.
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- 1. The Soft Stuff Is The Hard Stuff: The Agile Soft Skills Toolkit ---------------------------------------------------------------- Collaboration Change Management Individuals And Interactions Ionut Grecu---------------------------- W: ionutgrecu.com T: @ionutgrecu_com E: grecu.ionut@gmail.com
- 2. Soft Skills 85% Hard Skills 15% Professional Success Equation -------------------------------------------- Research done at Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center
- 3. Objectives -------------------------------------------- Demonstrate the impact that interpersonal and communication skills have on an agilist’s effectiveness Help agilists become more effective and efficient at creating software by improving their ability to understand, communicate with, and collaborate with each other Explore new ways of thinking and adapting behaviours to face some common challenges in agile teams
- 4. The Nitty Gritty -------------------------------------------- Soft skills definition The role of soft skills in an agile environment The relationship between perception, soft skills and failure Key psychological bugs Essential soft skills and guidelines for cultivating them
- 5. In Search Of A Definition ---------------------------------------------------------- the cluster of personality traits, social graces, facility with language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism Wikipedia, March 2011 Soft Skills
- 6. Engineering is easy. People are hard. Bill Coughran, VP Of Engineering - Google
- 7. Manifesto For Agile Software Development --------------------------------------------- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
- 8. The Most Significant Causes Of Failure -------------------------------------------- • Inability to work in a team • Poor interpersonal relations • Difficulty handling change
- 9. Dear Stress, Let’s Break Up --------------------------------------------- ------------
- 10. Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response to what happens and response is something we can choose. Maureen Killoran “
- 12. The Way We See The Problem Is The Problem --------------------------------------------
- 14. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Gustav Jung “
- 15. 7 Laws To Reach Collaborative Nirvana --------------------------------------------1. Be a model, not a critic 2. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem 3. Don't argue for other people's weaknesses 4. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it and learn from it 5. Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode 6. Work on things you have control over 7. Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation
- 16. Who Push Our Hot Buttons? -------------------------------------------- Psychological Bugs
- 17. How dare you think differently than me!? --------------------------------------------
- 19. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt “
- 20. It’s All About ME! --------------------------------------------
- 22. Adopt a new philosophy of cooperation (win-win) in which everybody wins. W. Edwards Deming
- 23. Flap My Gums To Save My Ears --------------------------------------------
- 24. Be Heard By Listening -------------------------------------------- Ignoring Pretend listening Selective listening Attentive listening Empathic listening
- 25. We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally. Susan Cain “
- 26. Teamwork Doesn’t Make The Dream Work --------------------------------------------
- 27. Let’s Synergise -------------------------------------------- Together Everyone Achieves More 1 1 2
- 28. None of us is as smart as all of us. Kenneth H. Blanchard “
- 29. Hello! I’m Mr. Know It All --------------------------------------------
- 30. Renew Yourself Every Day ------------------------------------------------ --------- Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long term results.
- 31. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one small step. Lao Tzu “
- 32. 1. Start doing the little things you already know you can do 2. Start living in a state of awareness 3. Become a keen observer of others & help them where necessary 4. Listen to what is really being said 5. Have fun doing it! Top Tips --------------------------------------------
- 33. Summary -------------------------------------------- Presented soft skills definition Identified the role of soft skills in an agile environment Identified the relationship between perception, soft skills and failure Described key psychological bugs Presented essential soft skills and offered guidelines for cultivating them
- 34. References -------------------------------------------- • Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide - Ken Howard, Barry Rogers • Building a High-Performance Team (Soft Skills for It Professionals) - Sarah Cook • Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders - Jean Tabaka • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey • 42 Rules for Successful Collaboration: A Practical approach to Working with People, Processes and Technology - David Coleman • Emotional Intelligence for Managing Results in a Diverse World: The Hard Truth About Soft Skills in the Workplace - Anita Rowe, Lee Gardenswartz, Jorge Cherbosque
- 36. ionutgrecu.com dnnsharp.com I look forward to your feedback and questions: contact@ionutgrecu.com grecu.ionut@gmail.com ... The End. --------------------------------------------