The document discusses leading an agile team in an Asian hierarchical culture with happiness. It recommends bringing agile development practices while promoting informal leadership, treating people like adults without strict timesheet policies, and enabling creativity in the workplace. The goal is to promote good behaviors, internal activities, and community through learning career paths in a balanced, harmonious environment.

2. Alexandre Cuva
Leading an Agile Team in a Hierarchical Asian culture
with Happiness

3. Alexandre Cuva
• Finix Asia Co-founder & Agile Coach
• Co-founder SmartDev LLC & CEO (3 years)
• Experience with distributed Scrum teams in Vietnam &
India
• 19 years of international experience in software
development and project manager
• Coached Agile Team in Switzerland, Vietnam, France,
Tunisia, Italy, Belgium and Netherland
• Management 3.0 & Certified Scrum Developer Trainer
• Co-founder of Da Nang Agile User Group
Speaker
2011 -
2016
Organizer | Speaker
Speaker 2015
https://vn.linkedin.com/in/cuvaalex
Alexandre.cuva@finix.asia

4. Everything in life is hierarchy respect

5. Let’s keep everything in harmony
Harmony
Title
Education

6. Asian Generalization

10. No Title

11. Promote Informal Leadership

13. Threat people like adults

14. No Timesheet Policies

15. Bring Agile Development practices

16. Promote Craftsmanship Learning Career
path
Learner
Maker
Journeyman
Disciple
Master

18. Enable creativity Workplace

19. Promote good behaviors

20. Bring Company activities

21. Promote internal activities

22. Be a Community driven

23. The team