An introductory session about agile methodologies like SCRUM, Extreme Programming and Lean Software Development.
First part is about the ship metaphor, the second half is made of random slides to support following conversations.
Stickies, Standups, & Skyscrapers: An UX Case StudyTonya McCarley
What do stickies, standups, and skyscrapers have in common?
The introduction of Books at JSTOR involved developing new business models to support a new product, immersion in agile methodology, and usability testing and design jams to bridge both geographical and communication gaps. Our team journeyed from standard UX best practices down into the development weeds, up into the strategic stratosphere of our Manhattan-based stakeholders… and back again!
This case study will examine how various UX methods were used to bridge the gulf between the very specific sprint-sized work in an agile environment to the holistic view of the project, with a focus on lessons learned and thoughts about how to improve on our next adventure.
During this talk I will share with you from my experiences how to become ‘master of retrospectives’ and how to use it to build trust and openness in many different situations.
An introductory session about agile methodologies like SCRUM, Extreme Programming and Lean Software Development.
First part is about the ship metaphor, the second half is made of random slides to support following conversations.
Stickies, Standups, & Skyscrapers: An UX Case StudyTonya McCarley
What do stickies, standups, and skyscrapers have in common?
The introduction of Books at JSTOR involved developing new business models to support a new product, immersion in agile methodology, and usability testing and design jams to bridge both geographical and communication gaps. Our team journeyed from standard UX best practices down into the development weeds, up into the strategic stratosphere of our Manhattan-based stakeholders… and back again!
This case study will examine how various UX methods were used to bridge the gulf between the very specific sprint-sized work in an agile environment to the holistic view of the project, with a focus on lessons learned and thoughts about how to improve on our next adventure.
During this talk I will share with you from my experiences how to become ‘master of retrospectives’ and how to use it to build trust and openness in many different situations.
During more than 100 years of classic management, hierarchy oriented organizations have shown their limits.
A new generation of enterprises is now moving its first steps towards a brand new way to organize and prosper.
Liquid, collaborative, flat, responsive, adaptive and anti-fragile: these are just buzzwords as long as alibis keep hanging around.
Based on our real experience, we present a workshop to involve audience while experimenting with new ways to set an organization up.
Talk presentato all'Italia Agile Day il 30/11/2013 a Reggio Emilia.
I valori di Agile sono come i principi alla base della cucina. In questa presentazione sono presentati alcuni ingredienti agili da amalgamare con cura.
The rules of work are changing. Organization 3.0 reflects Agility, an understanding of tribal leadership models, and a recognition that new rules are needed to navigate new organizations that are changing the world today. Teamwork, collaboration, and positive relationships are what matter. If you cannot adopt the new standards, you will be left behind.
Previous organizational structures and processes also reflected their times. Organization 1.0, showed the mentality of industrialism, with stable hierarchies and rule following the norm. Organization 2.0 rewarded specialization, processes, and structure over teams and groups. The "me first" workplace served the lucky few, but is now being replaced by a new generation, with a more thoughtful organization of our lives and work.
Zuzi Sochova's Organization 3.0 seminar shows how you and your organization can benefit from the new paradigm. With dynamic examples, and unique perspectives, Zuzi is a regular headline speaker at Agile conferences world-wide.
Hand out slides to a presentation I have given to the Project Management Institute PMI Quality round table and other groups on Organizational Agility. I discuss Scrum, Lean Startup, Lean Canvas, Minimum Valuable Product MVP, Design Thinking, Agile scale, SAFe, DAD, ASM, LeSS Scaled Agile Scrum, DevOps, TDD, ATDD
To book a guest lecture or Agile Coaching services, see my presentation for contact information. I am based in New York and am available to travel to your location.
Out of the success of some pilot (experiments) more and more organizations are stumbling on how to scale those experiments throughout the rest of the company. What most organizations end up doing is to reuse over and over again the same structures and the same rules they have been using for years, missing entirely the point about Agile. If you want to make it work for your organization, start from looking within a Team and understand what makes them Agile... look deeper into principles and values, not so much in practices, as those will emerge out of experience from your teams. Also understand the major difference between becoming agile and adopting agile. The latter encourage the wrong behaviour of looking on the market at existing models to adopt, and roll-out within your organization. Look at those model as a confirmation that is possible to solve your problems - as someone else apparently already did - and as inspiration. Also be vary of models which are not stemming out of experience, but of a lot of thinking, as that doesn't fit well to the Agile and Lean paradigm. Finally there are many factor you can evaluate in your journey toward becoming more Agile, there are level of complexity growing at an organizational level which you might not find in teams. Finally look at identifying metrics for tracking your progress in a way that reflects the outcome your organization is delivering and not the "work" is doing. In fact learning to work in an Agile way means learning to deliver more, by doing less. In the presentation I use the metaphor of an organization being a "car" rather than an organism, because of pure esthetic reasons, it would get rather bloody with an organic metaphor. I am aware like all models, has its weaknesses, and one of those is that it is mechanic, and predictable, unless it is a transforming car :-)
Organizational agility has been defined as the capability of a company to rapidly change or adapt in response to changes in the market so that it can thrive as an organization. In this session, we will focus on the role of the leader in shaping, promoting and sustaining an Agile organization. We will describe the Agile Mindset, discuss the key elements of an Agile Transformation and reveal the ideal characteristics of an Agile Leader. This interactive session will provide examples from successful Agile organizations and will reveal techniques that participants can use to effectively plan, scale and flow valuable work throughout their own organizations.
How to be more innovative? Some advice from the experts on how to design your personal innovation roadmap -- in three steps. Slides from a keynote presentation prepared for Queen's School of Business Innovation Summit, 2014.
The Center for Creative Leadership designed Leader Development Roadmap which integrates within itself the logic and content of developing leaders in organizations on the basis of many years of research done by CCL.
During more than 100 years of classic management, hierarchy oriented organizations have shown their limits.
A new generation of enterprises is now moving its first steps towards a brand new way to organize and prosper.
Liquid, collaborative, flat, responsive, adaptive and anti-fragile: these are just buzzwords as long as alibis keep hanging around.
Based on our real experience, we present a workshop to involve audience while experimenting with new ways to set an organization up.
Talk presentato all'Italia Agile Day il 30/11/2013 a Reggio Emilia.
I valori di Agile sono come i principi alla base della cucina. In questa presentazione sono presentati alcuni ingredienti agili da amalgamare con cura.
The rules of work are changing. Organization 3.0 reflects Agility, an understanding of tribal leadership models, and a recognition that new rules are needed to navigate new organizations that are changing the world today. Teamwork, collaboration, and positive relationships are what matter. If you cannot adopt the new standards, you will be left behind.
Previous organizational structures and processes also reflected their times. Organization 1.0, showed the mentality of industrialism, with stable hierarchies and rule following the norm. Organization 2.0 rewarded specialization, processes, and structure over teams and groups. The "me first" workplace served the lucky few, but is now being replaced by a new generation, with a more thoughtful organization of our lives and work.
Zuzi Sochova's Organization 3.0 seminar shows how you and your organization can benefit from the new paradigm. With dynamic examples, and unique perspectives, Zuzi is a regular headline speaker at Agile conferences world-wide.
Hand out slides to a presentation I have given to the Project Management Institute PMI Quality round table and other groups on Organizational Agility. I discuss Scrum, Lean Startup, Lean Canvas, Minimum Valuable Product MVP, Design Thinking, Agile scale, SAFe, DAD, ASM, LeSS Scaled Agile Scrum, DevOps, TDD, ATDD
To book a guest lecture or Agile Coaching services, see my presentation for contact information. I am based in New York and am available to travel to your location.
Out of the success of some pilot (experiments) more and more organizations are stumbling on how to scale those experiments throughout the rest of the company. What most organizations end up doing is to reuse over and over again the same structures and the same rules they have been using for years, missing entirely the point about Agile. If you want to make it work for your organization, start from looking within a Team and understand what makes them Agile... look deeper into principles and values, not so much in practices, as those will emerge out of experience from your teams. Also understand the major difference between becoming agile and adopting agile. The latter encourage the wrong behaviour of looking on the market at existing models to adopt, and roll-out within your organization. Look at those model as a confirmation that is possible to solve your problems - as someone else apparently already did - and as inspiration. Also be vary of models which are not stemming out of experience, but of a lot of thinking, as that doesn't fit well to the Agile and Lean paradigm. Finally there are many factor you can evaluate in your journey toward becoming more Agile, there are level of complexity growing at an organizational level which you might not find in teams. Finally look at identifying metrics for tracking your progress in a way that reflects the outcome your organization is delivering and not the "work" is doing. In fact learning to work in an Agile way means learning to deliver more, by doing less. In the presentation I use the metaphor of an organization being a "car" rather than an organism, because of pure esthetic reasons, it would get rather bloody with an organic metaphor. I am aware like all models, has its weaknesses, and one of those is that it is mechanic, and predictable, unless it is a transforming car :-)
Organizational agility has been defined as the capability of a company to rapidly change or adapt in response to changes in the market so that it can thrive as an organization. In this session, we will focus on the role of the leader in shaping, promoting and sustaining an Agile organization. We will describe the Agile Mindset, discuss the key elements of an Agile Transformation and reveal the ideal characteristics of an Agile Leader. This interactive session will provide examples from successful Agile organizations and will reveal techniques that participants can use to effectively plan, scale and flow valuable work throughout their own organizations.
How to be more innovative? Some advice from the experts on how to design your personal innovation roadmap -- in three steps. Slides from a keynote presentation prepared for Queen's School of Business Innovation Summit, 2014.
The Center for Creative Leadership designed Leader Development Roadmap which integrates within itself the logic and content of developing leaders in organizations on the basis of many years of research done by CCL.