Jay-Allen Morris and Nelson Nogueira: Regional Scrum Gathering South Africa 2019 Presentation - Cape Town

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Slaying the Dragon:
An Agile Adventure
Jay-Allen Morris & Nelson Nogueira

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Story
Tellers
Jay: Agile Lead
Nelson: Dev Manager
Coffee: Support Character
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BEFORE WE BEGIN
We’d like you to
spend 2 mins reading
through the Agile
Manifesto.The
principles & values
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Not a
silver
bullet
No theory
or
models
People
centered
approach

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IN THE
BEGINNING
there was chaos
OUR STORY
WILL END
where the team
started on feature
work
THE
JOURNEY
is where the magic
happens
?

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IN THE BEGINNING... 5

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And yet challenges ...
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👆
Inthebeginning...

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CHANGE
WAS
POSSIBLE
“We can not solve our problems with the same level of
thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein.

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In the
beginning
...
Laying the
Foundation

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SHARING DEPLOYMENTS
LOW HANGING FRUIT
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
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Building trust &
ownership 10
In the
beginning
...
Laying the
Foundation

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EXPLORING KANBAN
BUSINESS SELF SERVICE /
AUTOMATION
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TEAM BUILDING

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Identified pain points
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Investigated fixes
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Created backlog
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Prioritised quick wins
Start where we are
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Made work visible
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Limit WIP
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Identify bottlenecks
Connecting as humans
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Empathy exercises
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Encouraging Feedback
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Future Utopia
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Improving
the process
In the
beginning
...
Laying the
Foundation
Building trust &
ownership

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SLAYING THE DRAGON
& PROTECTING THE PRINCESS
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3 METRICS AND REPORTING

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How did the dragon slayer
& princess roles work?
BAU Work
Dragon Slayer
PrincessBSS - Business
Self Service
Automation
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Planning
Reporting
PROCESS
OKRs
Dragon Slayer Princess
RetrospectivesReviews
Refinement
Quality
Service Ownership
Daily Stand Ups
One Backlog

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Adapting
the process
Improving
the process
Building trust and
ownership
In the
beginning
...
Laying the
Foundation

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ADAPTING TO A NEW WORLD
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4 Slaying the dragon
wasn’t a one size fits
all.
Workshops
ConflictProof of concepts

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Adapting
the process
Improving
the process
Building trust &
ownership
In the
beginning
...
Laying the
Foundation
Beginning
of feature
work

21. WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT PROCESS
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SAFETY
SMALL
EXPERIMENTS PEOPLE
FEEDBACK
CHANGE STAYING
CURIOUS
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WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT?
Write down one thing you’d like to try or experiment with
when you return to work 22
Which areas
can you
influence?
What small
incremental changes
can I make in my
environment?
Are there any
relationships at work you
can improve?
How do you
know your teams
feel safe?
What mechanisms for
are there for feedback
and what do you do
with it?
2
MINS

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CLOSING
Where is your curiosity going to take you?
Small
incremental
improvements
Focus on the
people and
relationships
Adapt
through
metrics and
feedback
Build
autonomous
teams

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THANK YOU!

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References
◈ Agile Manifesto
◈ Bruce Tuckman, Stages of a team
◈ Agile42 Do Better Scrum
◈ Dark Scrum
◈ Limiting Beliefs
◈ Limiting Beliefs extra
◈ Kanban
◈ Moving Motivators
◈ Book: Agile Retrospectives
◈ Book: Leadership & Self Deception
◈ Book: Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach
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