- Why organisational culture
 is important - Your organization life cycle
 stage has an impact - Why agility is important for us
 as app developers - How does our collaboration toolbox look like - Our learnings & recommendations on agile project management and self-organised teams structure.

1. SELF-ORGANIZATION
AND AGILITY: THE WAY
WE COLLABORATE
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2. MICHAEL SCHRANZ
@michaelschranz
michael@appswithlove.com
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SWISS TALENT FORUM 2017

3. Young Scientist Contest 1992
with Olivier Co-Founder of
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4. Organisational Culture
Organization Life Cycle
Why agility is important for us
Collaboration Toolbox in use
Learnings & Recommendations
OUTLINE
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5. Or the operating system of a company
consists of:
The shared common intentions, the resulting culture and
the established rituals and structures
(organizational principle)
The roles of the people in the company and their
competencies
The infrastructure (tools, machines and equipment)
ORGANIZATION
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6. Shared vision (purpose/aim/objective)
Open culture on a level playing field (Feel free, feel
good)
Rules, rituals and structures (How we do it)
Role models (He can do it, we can do it)
Simplicity (Less is more)
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND
SELF-ORGANIZATION
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7. „Culture eats strategy for
breakfast!“
Peter Drucker
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8. ORGANIZATION LIFE CYCLE
Growing Aging
Aristocracy
Bureaucracy R.I.P.
Stability
Accelerate
Young & Wild
Self-discovery
Renew
Startup
Danger
Danger
Life
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9. WHY IS AGILITY IMPORTANT FOR
US?
• Discovery of the right solution = Design Thinking / Trial & Error
• Individual software development = uncertainty of outcome
• Size of projects = impossible to specify in advance
• Market environment, technology and client expectations change fast
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10. What is agility for you and what is it for your client = design
strategy
• Agility in scope, quality, budget, timing?
• Experience of Client and Enduser
• Involvement of Client and Enduser
• Culture of the Client and Enduser
• Context (Product, Timing, Budget)
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BEFORE WE START
A PROJECT

11. MARKETING
RELEASE
BUGFIXING
DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN
CONCEPT
SCOPE
ITERATION
ITERATION
ITERATION
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12. • Communications tools: Skype, Slack, Google Mail /
Drive, Dropbox, Awl-Office-Remote-App
• Some communication rules: What, Where, When, How
• Project visualization, daily standup, weekly team
meeting
• Team Decision Boards: Culture board, Sales board,
Awl-ID-Board
• Team events, camps & workshops & Time to Play
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TOOLBOX IN USE

13. Daily Business
Fast Growth Over Engineering
Business Life Cycle / Culture
Wannabe
POTENTIAL PITFALLS
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19. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Create your own way instead of copy & paste
• Diverse people, diverse teams, creative environment
• Do fast, learn fast, fix fast - trial & error
• Communication between teams is key
• Everyone and nobody is the boss - topic owners
• Collaborate with clients, users, competitors, suppliers
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Thank YOU