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In the ideal perfect world there will be rainbows and unicorns and teams that all sit together. In reality, most teams have to deal with distribution in one form or another. For some: it’s team members spread across a building, for others it’s team members in other parts of the world in different time zones.
Have you even been on a call where you can hear someone ordering coffee, or a dog barking? My favorite is being told someone is joining the call, after you've spent 5 minutes explaining something in detail. Mostly distributed meetings are boring, and not really worth the time and effort.
As agile coaches we truly value face to face communication and visible boards and sticky-notes, we also value working from anywhere, having pets in the office and not having to travel. So what is possible here? We decided to fully immerse ourselves into the distributed world and see what happened. We were amazed - we managed to build trust, explore and discover great collaborative tools and we improved communication.
We would like to share some of our discoveries and tips with you. Join us to explore how agile can work for distributed teams.
Are you struggling to integrate User Experience techniques with your agile teams? Are any of these patterns familiar?
The UX team works one sprint ahead of the development team.
UX designers spend lots of energy on high fidelity mock-ups which the developers then ignore.
You produce working software each sprint, but recruiting users is time consuming so you only test with users before you release.
There is no time to incorporate changes from user feedback into the sprints before release.
The UX designers and the developers seem to speak a different language.
Developers get annoyed because the UX design work great on iOS, but clashes with Android standards.
If so join us for a fun interactive session where we use Lego to explore how you can overcome challenges like this in your own environment. You’ll work as a team doing both UX design, and development (with Lego), and see how and why these patterns happen, as well as what you can do about them.
This workshop is ideal for people from both the UX world, struggling to understand how to work with developers, and for developers struggling to understand what UX designers are trying to achieve.
How to make your team 5 times more productiveGrowing Agile
A talk for the Product Meetup group, aimed at helping Product Managers and Product Owners make their teams more productive.
We share our top tips in this talk. Each tip is something we’ve personally tried with several teams and seen significant improvements in productivity and morale as a result.
ScrumMaster to Agile Coach ... Where is the map?Growing Agile
This was a workshop run at #SGPRG (Scrum Gathering Prague) to co-create a map for ScrumMasters to follow. The map will be uploaded here: www.agilepath.me
In this presentation we will look at the agile testing mindset and how it is different from traditional testing. We will look at each of these statements in turn, as well as an exercise to illustrate the impact of testing early. We will also share some techniques for you to use with each of these statements.
7 tips for managing software development in the age of agileGrowing Agile
Seven tips to focus on as the leader or manager of agile teams. This talk was given at the ITWEB conference in 2015 in South Africa and at #SGPRG (Scrum Gathering Prague)
Agile Management: The Art of Servant LeadershipGrowing Agile
Are you an Agile Manager? What does that mean anyway? Agile managers focus on growing their people and helping them be the best they can be. We touch on several areas and suggest a course to learn more.
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It is crucial for the taxpayers to understand about the TDS Return Filing Due Date, so that they can fulfill your TDS obligations efficiently. Taxpayers can avoid penalties by sticking to the deadlines and by accurate filing of TDS. Timely filing of TDS will make sure about the availability of tax credits. You can also seek the professional guidance of experts like Legal Pillers for timely filing of the TDS Return.
Growing Internal Agile Coaches and TrainersGrowing Agile
Presentation at #Agile2017 on how a small agile coaching company (Growing Agile) helped a large global corporate (ACI Worldwide) build their own internal agile coaches and trainers
Distributed Teams - Hello? Can anyone hear me?Growing Agile
In the ideal perfect world there will be rainbows and unicorns and teams that all sit together. In reality, most teams have to deal with distribution in one form or another. For some: it’s team members spread across a building, for others it’s team members in other parts of the world in different time zones.
Have you even been on a call where you can hear someone ordering coffee, or a dog barking? My favorite is being told someone is joining the call, after you've spent 5 minutes explaining something in detail. Mostly distributed meetings are boring, and not really worth the time and effort.
As agile coaches we truly value face to face communication and visible boards and sticky-notes, we also value working from anywhere, having pets in the office and not having to travel. So what is possible here? We decided to fully immerse ourselves into the distributed world and see what happened. We were amazed - we managed to build trust, explore and discover great collaborative tools and we improved communication.
We would like to share some of our discoveries and tips with you. Join us to explore how agile can work for distributed teams.
Are you struggling to integrate User Experience techniques with your agile teams? Are any of these patterns familiar?
The UX team works one sprint ahead of the development team.
UX designers spend lots of energy on high fidelity mock-ups which the developers then ignore.
You produce working software each sprint, but recruiting users is time consuming so you only test with users before you release.
There is no time to incorporate changes from user feedback into the sprints before release.
The UX designers and the developers seem to speak a different language.
Developers get annoyed because the UX design work great on iOS, but clashes with Android standards.
If so join us for a fun interactive session where we use Lego to explore how you can overcome challenges like this in your own environment. You’ll work as a team doing both UX design, and development (with Lego), and see how and why these patterns happen, as well as what you can do about them.
This workshop is ideal for people from both the UX world, struggling to understand how to work with developers, and for developers struggling to understand what UX designers are trying to achieve.
How to make your team 5 times more productiveGrowing Agile
A talk for the Product Meetup group, aimed at helping Product Managers and Product Owners make their teams more productive.
We share our top tips in this talk. Each tip is something we’ve personally tried with several teams and seen significant improvements in productivity and morale as a result.
ScrumMaster to Agile Coach ... Where is the map?Growing Agile
This was a workshop run at #SGPRG (Scrum Gathering Prague) to co-create a map for ScrumMasters to follow. The map will be uploaded here: www.agilepath.me
In this presentation we will look at the agile testing mindset and how it is different from traditional testing. We will look at each of these statements in turn, as well as an exercise to illustrate the impact of testing early. We will also share some techniques for you to use with each of these statements.
7 tips for managing software development in the age of agileGrowing Agile
Seven tips to focus on as the leader or manager of agile teams. This talk was given at the ITWEB conference in 2015 in South Africa and at #SGPRG (Scrum Gathering Prague)
Agile Management: The Art of Servant LeadershipGrowing Agile
Are you an Agile Manager? What does that mean anyway? Agile managers focus on growing their people and helping them be the best they can be. We touch on several areas and suggest a course to learn more.
https://www.udemy.com/gac-servantleadership/?couponCode=GASlideshare
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
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External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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In case you missed the annoucement this morning, I am not Bilikiss and I didn’t suddenly get a lot paler
9pm Cara approached me
My first thought was – I need to ask Sam – we’ve been pairing for 3 years
Then I realised an hour of 200 people listening to ME! Perfect
If you know me you know I like to talk
So why me?
Was I just the only sucker at the bar?
I hope not
I hope I have something relevant to say.
I’m an agile coach and trainer at Growing agile, and I’ve been on my own agile journey since 2002 when the manifesto was signed
So what to talk about? In the spirit of the conference theme I decided to talk about an Odyssey
And discovered I can’t spell it without looking at my name tag
Thinking about the story I’d like to share I thought of 2
Firstly, inspired by Gitte’s talk on vulnerability and honesty I’d like to tell you my personal story.
Secondly, I’d like to tell our story, the story of our community and our country on our journey of adopting agile
Finally I will share 3 tips that I hope will make a difference in your personal journey
So my journey….. 4:10
2002
Interviewed for a job as a developer
The company Workshare was doing XP
Had heard of it but had no idea what it was
They offered me the Product Owner job (onsite customer)
Worked for 2 1/2/ years in utopia
I had no idea how good I had it
Even in utopia we get bored and frustrated
I moved on
And became a project manager….
PMI, Prince 2, 1000 line gantt charts, 95% done
I worked on a project that had a date error in the contract (out by a year) and we STILL missed the deadline (on a fixed price project)
An obvious failure
But I even got good at it. Delivered early, and under budget, exactly what was asked for
And still failed!
One good thing I learned here was about team. We had a stable team who worked with the same customer and a known process, and we did repeatable delivery.
I took a brief detour at JPMorgan
I encountered my first Scrum of Scrums
It was twice a week for 2 hours, in a meeting room, with 20 project managers, analysts and other managers
The dev team had 4 people in it!
I knew it was wrong. I started looking. I was a bit more critical this time around.
I started at Intec. I was a project manager initially, but 6 months in to my job there new head of R&D said she wanted us to do Scrum,
I read Scrum & XP from the trenches on the weekend, and came back ready to roll it out.
Training was an hour powerpoint presentation per team, and I started a new team every 2 weeks, until all 9 teams were doing Scrum
I heard about the CSM from my husband and decided to go along to get the certificate (I loved certificates) I didn’t expect to learn anything.
And then…. MY LIFE CHANGED
I realised I had missed the entire point of Scrum. I had focussed on process not principles, and I knew nothing about managing a change this radical.
I knew I had to learn more
I started getting involved in the Community.
SUGSA was just starting out.
Peter suggested Carlo and I go to a Global gathering before we ran one here.
We went to Orlando in 2009
I met Lyssa Adkins
My life changed again.
I realised how much I had blamed people in the organisation rather than understanding what they were going through
I got a small peak into the world of coaching. It was a very different place to be.
After Orlando I joined a coaching circle with Lyssa
I realised I was dreadfully unhappy
I realised I was in a company of very low trust
I realised I didn’t know how to fix it
I realised I had made things worse not better
I was angry at them and myself
It was ugly
I fled
They probably won’t let me back in the building
I joined Fundamo as dev manager.
They were already doing Scrum, but had just gone through some big changes related to funding and offshoring
I had a boss who ‘got’ agile. And he trusted me enough to let me try new things
I played.
I had fun
We did well
I saw what Scrum was really capable of
I played with Kanban
I co-trained with Peter
I submitted my first talk to an international conference based on what we had done with Kanban in support.
It got accepted!
I wanted more. I had solved the problems at Fundamo
They were bought by VISA, and I didn’t want to deal with that, Richard had resigned.
It was time for a change
I spoke to Sam, and she felt the same.
We started GA 3 years ago.
Agile is the core of what we do. We don’t do Scrum or Kanban, we use bits of both
We retrospect every month, we craft everything as an experiement and have a learning board to track what we are learning
We change our business model continuously
But still it’s a journey, there is more to learn and know.
And without continuous attention we fail and have to relearn our own lessons.
4:25
Now lets talk about us. Running in parallel to my story is the story of agile in South Africa and in particular the SUGSA community.
In the beginning (2001) it was all DIY Scrum or XP. People who had read books and tried a few things themselves. They wasn’t any course, or coach in SA – although they did exist elsewhere
But what we had was an explorer, someone who wanted to know more, and had the freedom to travel to Europe and the US to find our more about Scrum, and start to bring that knowledge back to SA.
That explorer was Peter Hundermark.
I want to try an experiement.
Heard of the Kevin Bacon effect? All actors are connected with Kevin Bacon via 6 degrees
I want to visualise the Peter Hundermark effect
Peter, please stand.
(1) If you know Peter, please stand
( 2) If you know someone who is standing (including me) please stand.
Anyone not standing?
One more level?
Why is this important? Was it just a way to get you all to stand at the end of the day?
Maybe, but personally I think our close community is related to how we are doing.
Let’s continue the story
So Peter went out, and found Boris, and brought him to SA to train.
He created some Scrum fanatics (and I can use that word because I was one of them)
Anyone trained by Boris in the room?
He created zealots, we were the early adopters and a bit lunatic fringe
We wanted to try ideas that weren’t main stream and seemed a little hippy dippy at the time.
We told everyone that the CSM was a life changing experience
It worked, more and more people started doing the CSM, the SUGSA community formed and started having meetups and we planned the first Scrum conference in SA event the Scrum Day 2009.
Unfortunately, this lead to a lot of people, myself including thinking they could adopt Scrum by themselves without experience, and we say a lot of bad Scrum, and failed Scrum and Scrum Butt, and people who had been burned by Scrum and didn’t want to give it a try again.
It took some time for people to realise they needed help.
We started reaching out from Training from the very few players in the market at the time
SUGSa became even more popular
We started coaching circles for people to grow their knowledge even more.
With some help, Scrum started being successful. Team were being trained and coached and Scrum started to get a reputation for being a good option.
Big corporates started to notice, and they all started some pilot teams or projects in Scrum
At the same time agile and Scrum has taken over in the US, and we start to see companies with american owners being told to adopt Scrum.
But with the problems of scale come other challenges and a bunch of other acronyms enter the landscape – SAFE, DAD,
As the scale spreads and more people get experience and realise this is hard, particularly at scale, we see an explosion in agile coaching. Suddenly there are loads of agile coaches, and companies are starting to ask not just for training but also for coaching to help them get started. To me this is a great sign, and happened rapidly as a result of our strong community and ability to share knowledge
We also start seeing more and more South African’s attending and presenting at International agile conferences, and international speakers coming here.
I see the question starting to change for sompanies who have been doing this a while, to how can we improve
We see repeat business from clients ready to take another step in agile, and an acknowledgement that it’s an on going journey.
So where are we now?
I think we are in late majority
Most small companies are doing a version of agile
Most corporates are trying or starting
Agile transformations are becoming key strategic decisions
We have a growing based of coaches and trainers to help
But we are catching up
Technical practices are still lagging the US
4:40
So what?
I’d like to see agile and Scrum grow further, and help us all get better, and for me to be successful in the dream I need your help
I need you to add your journey and voice to ours
How can you do that – here are my 3 tips
Pay continuous attendtion
Wayne or Kevin can give a better description of Entropy that I can, but I was to explain with a story.
Remember Fundamo – I presented an experience report on how we had reduce the defect count from over 600 to less than 20
And how we had met ever release date for a year without overtime.
Last week I went to a talk by Carol May – now at Visa.
She nearly had the same results slide as me, except it was 3 years later
And in one of the most depressing moments of my life I realised everything I thought I had achieved at Fundamo had been erased over time due to a lack of attention.
I didn’t intend to depress you, I just want you to realise that if you aren’t focussing on this constantly you will go backwards.
If you are doing sprint planning the same way you were 6 months ago, you have regressed, change something, and see what happens
The most important thing for you to do is learn. If we need to be continously improving we need to be continuously learning.
But I don’t just mean taking 2 days out of your schedule to attend a conference
I mean thinking about what you will try at work because of this conference, and then setting up an experiment to see what you can learn.
Finally Join in, get involved, attend a talk, give a talk, write a blog, run a session on something you learned here at work.
You can’t change anyone except yourself, so stop finding all the reasons you can’t do or change anything and start exploring what YOU can do.
I am going to give you the most valuable gift of all right now
I’m ending early and giving you some time.
Maybe you want use it to decide on the next steps of your journey?
Or to just reflect on the last 2 days
Or to say goodbye to new faces you have met
Or to duck home early
Enjoy.