This document discusses imposter syndrome, a psychological phenomenon where high-achieving individuals doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud". The author notes that up to 70% of people experience imposter syndrome. She shares her own experiences with imposter syndrome and encourages embracing failure as part of growth. She advocates recognizing imposter feelings in oneself and others without judgment, and creating an environment where people can share ideas and ask questions freely.
Format: Interactive seminar/workshop
Time: 60 - 90 min
Target Audience: Researchers, Staff members, graduate students (in any)
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session, participant will:
•Understand what imposter fears are and learn to recognize them;
•Be able to identify cognitive distortions that prevent women from taking actions;
•Identify strategies to overcome self-doubt and build resilience.
ACT - W: Fear and Self-Loathing in IT - Imposter SyndromeAngela Dugan
1 hour version of my talk delivered to ACT - W: Overview of what Imposter synrdrome looks like and feels like, and some techniques for harnessing the good parts of Imposter Syndrome , in yourself and others
Slide deck by Christina Keelan for Community Leadership Summit 2016. Presents imposter syndrome, metrics, and burnout. If you have any suggested reading, please email christina[at]rethinkdb.com!
Goal Summit 2016: How to be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity or Cr...BetterWorks
Guidance — praise and criticism — is the key to being a good boss and building a great team. This interactive session from Goal Summit 2016 will help you understand why feedback is so hard, and how you can get better at giving it, getting it and encouraging it on your team. Presented by author and advisor to Twitter and Dropbox, Kim Malone Scott.
Radical Candor: No BS, helping your team create better work.Digital Surgeons
Inspired by Google's Kim Scott, the Digital Surgeons team adapts Radical Candor to fit with their agile & innovative approach to designing the future of experiences.
Source: Candor, Inc.
http://www.radicalcandor.com/
Becoming a better leader is something that can help a whole company prosper. But having bad leaders can derail an entire group. Find out if you're one of the five types of leaders who derail (and ways to correct that).
Brian Housand, Ph.D.
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand
Cultivating Curiosity through Questioning
Humans are naturally curious beings, but as Sir Ken Robinson suggests, schools may have unintentionally squashed out the creativity and inquisitive nature of many of students. While ubiquitous digital devices provide us with the opportunity to find the answer to almost any question, many students struggle to find accurate information online. Now more than ever, we must teach our students to be critical consumers of the information that they encounter. Together we will explore and construct technology resources designed to engage students’ curiosity and learn ways to compose better questions for application and synthesis.
Format: Interactive seminar/workshop
Time: 60 - 90 min
Target Audience: Researchers, Staff members, graduate students (in any)
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session, participant will:
•Understand what imposter fears are and learn to recognize them;
•Be able to identify cognitive distortions that prevent women from taking actions;
•Identify strategies to overcome self-doubt and build resilience.
ACT - W: Fear and Self-Loathing in IT - Imposter SyndromeAngela Dugan
1 hour version of my talk delivered to ACT - W: Overview of what Imposter synrdrome looks like and feels like, and some techniques for harnessing the good parts of Imposter Syndrome , in yourself and others
Slide deck by Christina Keelan for Community Leadership Summit 2016. Presents imposter syndrome, metrics, and burnout. If you have any suggested reading, please email christina[at]rethinkdb.com!
Goal Summit 2016: How to be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity or Cr...BetterWorks
Guidance — praise and criticism — is the key to being a good boss and building a great team. This interactive session from Goal Summit 2016 will help you understand why feedback is so hard, and how you can get better at giving it, getting it and encouraging it on your team. Presented by author and advisor to Twitter and Dropbox, Kim Malone Scott.
Radical Candor: No BS, helping your team create better work.Digital Surgeons
Inspired by Google's Kim Scott, the Digital Surgeons team adapts Radical Candor to fit with their agile & innovative approach to designing the future of experiences.
Source: Candor, Inc.
http://www.radicalcandor.com/
Becoming a better leader is something that can help a whole company prosper. But having bad leaders can derail an entire group. Find out if you're one of the five types of leaders who derail (and ways to correct that).
Brian Housand, Ph.D.
brianhousand.com
@brianhousand
Cultivating Curiosity through Questioning
Humans are naturally curious beings, but as Sir Ken Robinson suggests, schools may have unintentionally squashed out the creativity and inquisitive nature of many of students. While ubiquitous digital devices provide us with the opportunity to find the answer to almost any question, many students struggle to find accurate information online. Now more than ever, we must teach our students to be critical consumers of the information that they encounter. Together we will explore and construct technology resources designed to engage students’ curiosity and learn ways to compose better questions for application and synthesis.
Whatever your “title,” you are a mentor. You want to help young people to see themselves as strong and capable, but sometimes you get so distracted by the deficits in their lives – difficult home life, unsupportive teachers, disruptive behavior, self-defeating attitudes, systems that don’t always work - that it is hard to see where the strengths are.
This presentation was a part of the May 3, 2012 Alberta Mentoring Partnership Webinar with Chris Trout. Chris will shares his research and stories in a “real life” way that will change the way you see the young people in your life and work. Then, he walks you through some practical strategies to help you recognize and grow these strengths, while still challenging them and holding them accountable for their actions.
You will…
Gain a deep and practical understanding of why our strengths are the key to resiliency and success - not just in theory, but in action.
Explore the art of seeing through “deficits” to the underlying strengths.
Learn to communicate and grow these strengths - specifically, authentically and effectively - and help kids and families see themselves as strong, capable and resource rich.
To view the recorded webinar please visit here: http://www.albertamentors.ca/admin/contentx/default.cfm?h=5&PageId=13293
Design Your Life - The Craft of Being Alive - Preview Slides with ExercisesExotic Wine Travel
About Design Your Life: A series of workshop-style courses that provides an eye-opening inquiry into what it takes to live an extraordinary life on your own terms. This series aims to stimulate vital questions about life; confront pertinent issues that stop us from excelling; tackle the modern struggle of how to find and experience meanings; discuss how to live life to its fullest, how to enjoy it, and how to learn from it.
To help you think through what you really want from your life and how you can passionately and sustainably engage in areas that matter most to you, the workshop is divided into 4 sections.
1. DISCOVER who you really are, your personal values, and the things you value most in life. We'll also address factors that shape our identities and choices and whether these help or hinder our search for opportunities.
2. PLAN your life's purpose which stems from your values
3. ACT on your life's purpose with our accountability blueprint and catapult your vision to reality. Our blueprint helps you break down a big purpose or vision into feasible goals and actionable plans.
4. EXCEL in life by tackling fear barriers, conventional beliefs and your deeper instincts which are holding you back from excellence. Learn to release yourself from the barriers and experience new levels of confidence, courage and freedom.
For more information, visit www.theblueroster.com or connect with us on contact@theblueroster.com
What now? Staying motivated when your passion (or lack thereof) has you feeli...D. Keith Robinson
What do you know when you're having trouble executing or when your passion just isn't quite there? You sit down and get to work. Side projects are a great way to help you get unstuck, and you never know, they can often be much more.
DevOps Days Chicago 2016 - Fear and Self-Loathing in ITAngela Dugan
A discussion on how Imposter Syndrome affects us, our careers, our teams, and ultimately our ability to effectively collaborate and improve our processes.
Whatever your “title,” you are a mentor. You want to help young people to see themselves as strong and capable, but sometimes you get so distracted by the deficits in their lives – difficult home life, unsupportive teachers, disruptive behavior, self-defeating attitudes, systems that don’t always work - that it is hard to see where the strengths are.
This presentation was a part of the May 3, 2012 Alberta Mentoring Partnership Webinar with Chris Trout. Chris will shares his research and stories in a “real life” way that will change the way you see the young people in your life and work. Then, he walks you through some practical strategies to help you recognize and grow these strengths, while still challenging them and holding them accountable for their actions.
You will…
Gain a deep and practical understanding of why our strengths are the key to resiliency and success - not just in theory, but in action.
Explore the art of seeing through “deficits” to the underlying strengths.
Learn to communicate and grow these strengths - specifically, authentically and effectively - and help kids and families see themselves as strong, capable and resource rich.
To view the recorded webinar please visit here: http://www.albertamentors.ca/admin/contentx/default.cfm?h=5&PageId=13293
Design Your Life - The Craft of Being Alive - Preview Slides with ExercisesExotic Wine Travel
About Design Your Life: A series of workshop-style courses that provides an eye-opening inquiry into what it takes to live an extraordinary life on your own terms. This series aims to stimulate vital questions about life; confront pertinent issues that stop us from excelling; tackle the modern struggle of how to find and experience meanings; discuss how to live life to its fullest, how to enjoy it, and how to learn from it.
To help you think through what you really want from your life and how you can passionately and sustainably engage in areas that matter most to you, the workshop is divided into 4 sections.
1. DISCOVER who you really are, your personal values, and the things you value most in life. We'll also address factors that shape our identities and choices and whether these help or hinder our search for opportunities.
2. PLAN your life's purpose which stems from your values
3. ACT on your life's purpose with our accountability blueprint and catapult your vision to reality. Our blueprint helps you break down a big purpose or vision into feasible goals and actionable plans.
4. EXCEL in life by tackling fear barriers, conventional beliefs and your deeper instincts which are holding you back from excellence. Learn to release yourself from the barriers and experience new levels of confidence, courage and freedom.
For more information, visit www.theblueroster.com or connect with us on contact@theblueroster.com
What now? Staying motivated when your passion (or lack thereof) has you feeli...D. Keith Robinson
What do you know when you're having trouble executing or when your passion just isn't quite there? You sit down and get to work. Side projects are a great way to help you get unstuck, and you never know, they can often be much more.
DevOps Days Chicago 2016 - Fear and Self-Loathing in ITAngela Dugan
A discussion on how Imposter Syndrome affects us, our careers, our teams, and ultimately our ability to effectively collaborate and improve our processes.
Value stream mapping and kaizen in agile retrospectivesAngela Dugan
This was delivered as a half-day workshop at the QAI Quest conference in 2016.
Continuous self-improvement in agile teams is traditionally done through agile retrospectives, a form of post-mortem after the completion of an iteration. More often than not, retrospectives begin to fade and the list of action items keeps growing until teams simply succumb to business-as-usual practices.
Learning Objectives:
Determining if your current agile retrospectives are being effective
Learn Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen Burst lean techniques
Using VSM and Kaizen in agile retrospectives
That conference 2016 deconstructing the scaled agile frameworkAngela Dugan
A quick overview of some of the techniques and roles that help making the scaling of agile efforts across a large and/or complex organization more successful
Visual studio alm 2012 reporting overviewAngela Dugan
Overview of TFS Reports, comparing what is available between different Process Templates. This is a WIP, and will be updated soon with additional info on customizing reports.
Deconstructing the scaled agile framework - Lunch and Learn seriesAngela Dugan
Deconstructing the Scaled Agile Framework - boiling down the "big diagram" and talking about when and how SAFe *might* be an appropriate direction for you or your team. Also covers practices from SAFe that could be useful regardless of the size and complexity of your organization
Deconstructing the scaled agile frameworkAngela Dugan
Delivered at the QAI Quest conference as a 90 minute workshop - With so many software delivery process frameworks and methodologies out there, it’s hard to know where to begin. And just when the industry seems to be warming up to agile, here comes SCALED agile with frameworks like SAFe, LESS, and a host of others. Should we all just be SAFe? But then maybe SAFe is just a glorified waterfall process for companies that “can’t handle real Agile”. SAFe, the Scaled Agile Framework, leverages the best of several well-established frameworks, including Lean, Kanban, and scrum. While SAFe is certainly intended for large, enterprise organizations delivering extremely complex and interdependent systems, many SAFe principles and practices can be used to improve much smaller teams. Join Angela in this workshop to gain a better understanding of the SAFe, and how teams can adopt SAFe principles and practices to improve the development, testing, and delivery of products.
Dev up 2016 Demystifying the scaled agile frameworkAngela Dugan
Just when companies seems to be warming up to agile, here comes SCALED agile. But how is SAFe really different than agile? Does using the SAFe framework undermine the scrum teams? Isn’t SAFe just a glorified version of waterfall that companies adopt when they can’t handle “real” agile? I decided the best solution was to go through the training and spend some time practicing it in the field. What I found was that SAFe leverages the best of Lean, Kanban, and scrum. SAFe is intended for large, enterprise customers delivering extremely complex and interdependent systems, but that doesn’t mean it offers nothing to smaller teams. Since becoming a Safe program consultant, I have coached a number of my smaller customers on improving their software development and delivery processes leveraging techniques from SAFe. In this interactive session, I plan to quickly walk through the tenets of SAFe, share some of my learnings with you, and help you to understand when and how SAFe can benefit your team!
“I don’t deserve this.” “I’m only here because I got lucky.” “I’m not up to this.” “I feel like a fraud.” “It’s only a matter of time before I’m found out.” If you can identify with any of these thoughts, don’t worry: you’re not alone. Research shows an estimated 70% of professional men and women entertain such doubts on a daily basis. They are symptoms of Imposter Syndrome, a pernicious, draining and potentially damaging set of beliefs that has us doubting our abilities, underestimating our knowledge and down-playing our achievements. In this session I will shine a light on this shockingly prevalent phenomenon and the damage it is doing. I will also share practical tips for defeating our Imposter thoughts, and reconnecting with our innate wisdom, confidence and courage.
How to overcome imposter syndrome | Codette Celebration Day 2019Andra Zaharia
I won’t lie: I haven’t found a permanent solution to silencing imposter syndrome but I do have some practical tips on how to deal with it in a way that doesn’t keep you from thriving. Maybe you’ll find them helpful.
Lessons on Human Vulnerability within InfoSec/CyberHarry McLaren
Truths and lessons from a cybersecurity consultant who shares his experience with failure, vulnerability and the lessons we can all take forward to be kinder and healthier professionals.
This was also recorded here: https://youtu.be/-Rcfn1iFb1g?t=7m56s
Practical tips on improving your confidence.
There are people who live “normal lives” and appear to be “just fine,” but due to their problems with confidence often stumble over obstacles they should never be stumbling over.
Tips on how you can get rid of stage fear, meeting new people, starting your own business.
Impostor Syndrome is a pervasive feeling of self-doubt, insecurity, or fraudulence despite often overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Or
Impostor syndrome refers to an internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others perceive you to be.
It strikes smart, successful individuals.
It often rears its head after an especially notable accomplishment, like admission to a prestigious university, public acclaim, winning an award, or earning a promotion.
This definition is usually
Narrowly applied to intelligence and achievement
Has links to perfectionism and the social context.
Impostor syndrome refers to an internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others perceive you to be.
It strikes smart, successful individuals.
Generally occurs after an especially notable accomplishment, like admission to a prestigious university, public acclaim, winning an award, or earning a promotion.
Has links to perfectionism and the social context.
People of every demographic suffer from feeling like a fraud, though minorities and women are hardest-hit.
Discover the neuroscience behind the physical and emotional impact leaders can have on their teams by having positive celebrations and intelligent conversations.
Life in academia can be very fulfilling: On the path from being a master student to a senior professor, we achieve mastery, we have a lot of autonomy in our work, and we have the nice purpose of improving human knowledge.
However, we are often struggling. Because life in academia is very competitive and sometimes isolating, a difficulty that a lot of us face is the lack of confidence in our own capabilities, work, and achievements. This can lead, for example, to procrastination, to the fear of asking questions, or of applying to a high-level position...
I hope this talk will be the occasion to discuss how we can manage to turn these difficulties you (or your colleagues) face into advantages.
How can you keep that Imposter Syndrome at bay?
We are more likely to work harder than our male counterparts and yet we're less likely to believe in our capability for success. This presentation looks to help everyone in tech overcome her or his Imposter Syndrome, empowering you with tricks that can help position you for the right jobs, roles and collaborators in just 15 minutes a day. This will include presenting yourself online in the most favorable (and Googleable) light including branding, image, and social media networks like Twitter and LinkedIn.
Watch the accompanying webinar at https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/43/247985?utm_source=BrightTALK&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=247985
This ia a slide show I did for a leadership course. If you wish to have a copy to use, I will send you one free, so long as you give me credit when you use it.
Women struggle with self-promotion for good reason: we're trained to be bad at it, and we can't do it "just like the guys" and be effective. These slides discuss strategies to effectively self-promote as a woman.
Feedback helps us to build stronger teams, supports more effective problem-solving and collaboration, and ultimately contributes to happier people delivering better products. Without effective feedback, we can spend time focusing on the wrong things, solving the wrong problems, maybe not even knowing about problems in the first place! In my experience, people are generally not confident in their feedback skills. This makes feedback feel risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing and so then they give no feedback at all.
Feedback Doesn't Have to Suck. In this fast-paced 20 minute session focused on supercharging your feedback skills, I will help you get a good foothold on where to start. We’ll warm up with an overview of what feedback is, attributes of high-quality feedback, and some “tips and tricks” to getting comfortable with giving and receiving candid feedback that has worked really well for me both as a manager and a team member. You’ll be a feedback champion before you know it!
VS Liv MSHQ 2022 - Measuring Up! How To Choose Agile Metrics - Dugan.pdfAngela Dugan
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense to you, that felt counterproductive to your or the team's effectiveness, or that were seemingly impossible to collect in a sane fashion? Oftentimes, I find that metrics being collected are ones that are easy to collect and report on but are not necessarily the ones that will help the team learn and improve.
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices and methodologies have taken the lead. Metrics have lagged a bit and often rely on very waterfall-style milestones and phase-gates to determine a team's effectiveness. In the spirit of continuous improvement, this session will take a look at the measures we can and should collect from agile teams, why these metrics are relevant and interesting, and how we can use them to help our teams continuously improve.
VS Live 2021 Orlando - vst14 feedback skillsAngela Dugan
Feedback helps us to build stronger teams, supports more effective problem-solve and collaboration, and ultimately contributes to delivering better products. Without it, we can spend time focusing on the wrong things, solving the wrong problems, maybe not even knowing about problems in the first place!
So if feedback is critical to us growing and thriving, why aren't we all excitedly showering each other with feedback all the time, and BEGGING others to give it to us? In my experience, people are generally not enthusiastic or confident in their ability to give feedback. Feedback usually isn't happening because feedback feels risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing.
As a manager, leader, and coach of many teams over the last 20+ years, I can help you get a good foothold on where to start. Even better, I can tell you where the bodies are buried so you avoid some of the mistakes I've experienced over the years too.
In this session, we'll warm up with an overview of what feedback is and is not. We'll also review the qualities of high-quality feedback, as well as the other kinds of feedback so you know the difference. We'll finish off with a quick summary of some "tips and tricks" to getting comfortable with giving and receiving candid feedback that has worked really well for me. You'll be a feedback champion before you know it!
VS Live 2021 VST09 agile team metrics Fast Focus - angela duganAngela Dugan
Are you still relying on the old standbys like percent complete, velocity, and burndown for monitoring the progress of your teams or projects? Those metrics may not be telling you what you think they are! In this fast-paced discussion, we'll talk about some of the pitfalls of commonly used metrics, and make the case for not so commonly used measures that give you the insights that you're really striving for.
You will learn:
Understand the connection between what you measure, your team performance, and product quality
Explanation of how many commonly used metrics will fail to tell you what you really need to know
Familiarity with uncommonly used metrics that will more reliably tell you how well your project or team are really doing
THAT Conference 2021 - Level up your Feedback GameAngela Dugan
Feedback makes the world go around, and let’s be honest, many of us feel pretty unskilled at feedback - both at giving and receiving. As technologists, we thrive on experimenting, learning, and adjusting, which we cannot do without the input and perspectives of others around us.
So if feedback is critical to us growing and thriving, if feedback is truly a “gift”, what’s the deal? Why isn’t everyone wholeheartedly and excitedly showering each other with feedback all the time? In my experience, feedback isn’t happening because feedback feels risky, vulnerable, scary, even downright anxiety-inducing. Feedback is also something we’re not trained to do well if at all. Bad practices like the “feedback sh*t sandwich” is still common practice. It may even feel like a personal and professional bear trap! In this session, we’ll warm up with an overview of what feedback is and is not. We’ll also review the qualities of high-quality feedback, as well as the other kinds of feedback so you know the difference.
That conference tap, tap, tap communicationAngela Dugan
In the 20 or so years since I joined the tech community, I moved from an attitude of "please leave me alone in my cube to code and whatever you do don't talk to me!" to well, giving talks on the importance of communication in the software world. The tools and techniques I've come to know and love have changed over time, but a few things have remained constant.
1) Communicating openly and honestly at all times is HARD
2) Speaking from a place of vulnerability is RIDICULOUSLY HARD
3) Without 1 and 2 you're going to really struggle to be an effective and happy member of ANY software team
OK, there's a 4th thing.
4) The days of working alone in your cube like a hermit are largely over for software folks. It really doesn't have to suck. I swear it doesn’t.
During my brief time with you, I’m going to rumble with some touch topics and share some of my own embarrassing and enlightening stumbles. It will include things like delivering “bad news” to your client/manager/team and feeling good about it, managing conflict with others in healthy and productive ways, and delivering feedback without feeling like you (or the receiver) will vomit. These things are all very possible, and not that hard to master once you have some key tools and insights in your tool belt.
Agile days chicago 2018 - how do you measure up?Angela Dugan
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense, that were counterproductive to the team’s effectiveness, or the organization’s effectiveness? Did those metrics seem impossible to collect? Often times, the metrics being collected are the ones that are easy, and focused on individual “productivity”. How do we collect data that drives continuous improvement and promotes an open and trust-filled environment. How does that change at scale?
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices have clearly taken the lead. This session will take a look at the measures we can and should collect across teams and organizations. We’ll dig into metrics that are relevant, interesting, AND useful, and discuss some of the common traps.
VS Live Chicago 2018 - how do you measure upAngela Dugan
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense, that were counterproductive to the team's effectiveness, or that were seemingly impossible to collect? Often times, the metrics being collected are the ones that are easy, but not necessarily the ones that matter.
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices and methodologies have clearly taken the lead. In the spirit of Kaizen, this session will take a look at the measures you can and should collect from agile teams, why these metrics are relevant and interesting, and how you can use them to help your teams continuously improve.
Chicago Code Camp 2018 - Building strong teamsAngela Dugan
Building the “perfect team” seems like an impossible task these days. Can a truly “cross-functional” team even be built? How do you get introverts and extroverts (yes, they DO exist in IT) to play nice? Seems like these days you practically need a degree in psychology to get this right. But you don’t.
Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with my clients and my company to develop high functioning teams. I’ve found that regardless of focus (software development, marketing, sales), there are patterns to what makes teams successful, and what can hold them back from greatness.
In this talk, I’ll cover a couple of tools for understanding the needs and strengths of your individual team members, identifying strength gaps, and action items for creating a happy and well-balanced team that can get it done!
Dev up 2017 - Half Day Workshop: Getting your agile team unstuckAngela Dugan
Whether you've been working on an agile team for 6 months, or 6 years, the same obstacles tend to arise to trip us up over and over. Maybe your retrospectives feel more like a death march and no one is participating any more, or your daily stand-ups have bloated into 25 team member status meetings, or you have a QA team that feels buried by your fast-paced development team. These situations are unfortunately very common, and they lower team morale, lead to abandoned transformation initiatives, and ultimately your product and customers suffer because of it. But there's a better way! As an agile coach and consultant, I help software organizations stop the bleeding, mature their process, and develop into high functioning agile teams. And to be clear, I've made mistakes as well! I'd like to share with the audience my own experiences, including strategies that succeeded and failed in hopes of leading them down the path to getting their own teams "unstuck". I'll also give attendees an opportunity to share their own challenges, so that we can leverage those strategies to give them ideas for blasting through their own roadblocks.
Learning points:
Recognizing when your process, product, or people have gone off the rails by identifying "smells"
Review some tools and strategies that teams can leverage when they need a cognitive reset to get them back on track
How to apply tools and strategies in your own unique environments.
How many times have you been asked to deliver on metrics that did not make sense, that were counterproductive to the team's effectiveness, or that were seemingly impossible to collect? Often times, the metrics being collected are the ones that are easy, but not necessarily the ones that matter. In some cases, metrics can even have a demoralizing or counterproductive effect on the team!
When it comes to software delivery, lean and agile practices and methodologies have clearly taken the lead. In the spirit of Kaizen, this session will take a look at the measures we can and should collect from agile teams, why these metrics are relevant and interesting, and how we can use them to help our teams continuously improve.
Key Learnings:
Why is it so difficult to identify meaningful metrics in the software world?
What are the best types of quality focused metrics to focus on in an agile organization?
Examples of good, bad, and ugly metrics, as well as how to analyze and interpret them
That conference 2017 - Getting your Agile Team UnstuckAngela Dugan
Whether you've been working on an agile team for 6 months, or 6 years, the same obstacles tend to arise to trip us up over and over. Maybe your retrospectives feel more like a funeral and no one is participating anymore, your daily stand-ups have bloated into 25 team member status meetings, or your QA team is falling farther and farther behind the agile developers and feel like they’ll never catch up with their testing backlog. These are the kinds of issues I see all of the time. They lower team morale, lead to abandoned transformation initiatives, and ultimately your product and customers suffer because of it. But there’s a better way!
As an agile coach and consultant, I have worked with dozens of teams to stop the bleeding, strengthen their relationships, mature their processes, and help them grow into high functioning agile machines. And to be clear, I’ve made mistakes as well! I’d like to share with the audience my own experiences and lessons-learned, including both what succeeded and what failed in hopes to lead you down the path to getting your own team “unstuck”.
Visual Studio ALM and DevOps Tools WalkthroughAngela Dugan
If you're considering moving to Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Team Services, this deck will walk you through the highlights, of which there are a TON!
Strategies for Successful Data Migration Tools.pptxvarshanayak241
Data migration is a complex but essential task for organizations aiming to modernize their IT infrastructure and leverage new technologies. By understanding common challenges and implementing these strategies, businesses can achieve a successful migration with minimal disruption. Data Migration Tool like Ask On Data play a pivotal role in this journey, offering features that streamline the process, ensure data integrity, and maintain security. With the right approach and tools, organizations can turn the challenge of data migration into an opportunity for growth and innovation.
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Large Language Models and the End of ProgrammingMatt Welsh
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How Does XfilesPro Ensure Security While Sharing Documents in Salesforce?XfilesPro
Worried about document security while sharing them in Salesforce? Fret no more! Here are the top-notch security standards XfilesPro upholds to ensure strong security for your Salesforce documents while sharing with internal or external people.
To learn more, read the blog: https://www.xfilespro.com/how-does-xfilespro-make-document-sharing-secure-and-seamless-in-salesforce/
Gamify Your Mind; The Secret Sauce to Delivering Success, Continuously Improv...Shahin Sheidaei
Games are powerful teaching tools, fostering hands-on engagement and fun. But they require careful consideration to succeed. Join me to explore factors in running and selecting games, ensuring they serve as effective teaching tools. Learn to maintain focus on learning objectives while playing, and how to measure the ROI of gaming in education. Discover strategies for pitching gaming to leadership. This session offers insights, tips, and examples for coaches, team leads, and enterprise leaders seeking to teach from simple to complex concepts.
Globus Connect Server Deep Dive - GlobusWorld 2024Globus
We explore the Globus Connect Server (GCS) architecture and experiment with advanced configuration options and use cases. This content is targeted at system administrators who are familiar with GCS and currently operate—or are planning to operate—broader deployments at their institution.
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Keep tabs on your field staff effortlessly with Informap Technology Centre LLC. Real-time tracking, task assignment, and smart features for efficient management. Request a live demo today!
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3. Who is Angela?
Polaris Solutions ALM Practice Mgr since Jan ‘12
Been in the software industry since 1999
Runs the Chicago ALM User Group
ALM MVP, PSM, PSD, SPC
Has a *possibly* unhealthy love of Halloween
Polaris Solutions- http://www.polarissolutions.com/
Chicago Visual Studio ALM User Group - http://www.chicagoalmug.org/
Twitter: @OakParkGirl, @ChicagoALM, @TeamPolaris
Blog - http://www.tfswhisperer.com/
4. More about Angela
Angela is not a trained psychologist
Angela most definitely suffers from imposter
syndrome
Also, there is a non-zero chance that I am
terrified that you all think I am full of crap!
6. Imposter Syndrome
a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable
to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external
evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome
remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve
the success they have achieved. Proof of success is
dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others
into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than
they believe themselves to be.
Notably, impostor syndrome is particularly common
among high-achieving women.
~Wikipedia
7. Researchers believe that up to 70% of people
have felt the effects of impostor syndrome at
some point
8. The Test - Trigger warning!
The Imposter Test: http://paulineroseclance.com/pdf/IPscoringtest.pdf
“When people praise me for something I’ve accomplished,
I’m afraid I won’t be able to live up to their expectations of
me in the future”
“I’m afraid people important to me may find out that I’m
not as capable as they think I am”
“I rarely do a project or task as well as I’d like to do it”
“I often compare my ability to those around me and think
they may be more intelligent than I am”
“I tend to remember the incidents in which I have not
done my best more than those times I have done my best”
9. How would you score?
40 or less = respondent has few IS characteristics
41 to 60 = respondent has moderate IS
experiences
61 to 80 = respondent frequently has Impostor
feelings
80+ = respondent often has intense IS experiences
http://paulineroseclance.com/pdf/IPscoringtest.pdf
14. NO REALLY, I *HAVE* TO BE AN EXPERT!
Being an “expert” is overrated
An expert is just someone who has effed
up something more than you
Being a beginner is pretty amazing!
15.
16. FEAR
Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived
by living entities, which causes a change in brain
and organ function and ultimately a change in
behavior, such as running away, hiding, or freezing
from traumatic events.
17. But what are we all so afraid of?
Being wrong?
Not having ALL of the answers?
Getting Fired?
Not being “perfect”?
Being/looking vulnerable?
20. It's OK to feel like a phony sometimes. It's
healthy if it moves you forward
We all feel like phonies sometimes. We are all phonies.
That's how we grow. We get into situations that are just a
little more than we can handle, or we get in a little over our
heads. Then we can handle them, and we aren't phonies,
and we move on to the next challenge.
~Scott Hanselman
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ImAPhonyAreYou.aspx
21.
22. Humility
In Judaism humility is an appreciation of oneself,
one's talents, skills, and virtues. It is not meekness or
self-deprecating thought, but the effacing of
oneself to something higher.
Humility is not to think lowly of oneself, but to
appreciate the self one has received.
~ Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
23. “True humility is not thinking less of
yourself; it is thinking of yourself
less.”
~ C.S. Lewis
24.
25. Acting with humility is a
RESPONSIBLE way to participate in
the IT community
ANY community
36. Recognize how you’re feeling
Go ahead and feel it
And stop beating yourself up about it
37. Remind yourself that you are NOT a phony
Not working? OK, go with it…
Let it encourage you to push yourself to learn
Let it foster innovation and experimentation
Accept the humility that it teaches you
39. Nothing helps us realize just how
much we have to offer like
mentoring someone
40.
41. Find someone who inspires you, get
connected, then ask for help
Chances are, they’ve been there too!
Then focus on being the best you, it really IS
enough
43. Be a LEADER
“A manager’s job is not to prevent risks but it
is their job to make it safe to take them.”
~@dneighbors
You don’t have to be a “manager” to be a
leader!
44. Be an EXAMPLE
Nothing makes you scrutinize how you
represent yourself, accept and give praise,
and react to others’ missteps like having
others look to you as a model for behavior!
48. Embrace Failure, It Is Inevitable
And absolutely CRITICAL to growing as a technologist
And as a human being
49. Recognize it in others
Recognize when others are feeling like imposters
Create a safe environment for sharing ideas and
asking questions
Shut down bad behavior as soon as you see it
54. Imposter Syndrome
a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable
to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external
evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome
remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve
the success they have achieved. Proof of success is
dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others
into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than
they believe themselves to be.
Notably, impostor syndrome is particularly common
among high-achieving women.
~Wikipedia
55. Reading / Watching List
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey
from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough“ ~$11
Managing Humans - $18
Getting Naked ~$20
The Art of Asking ~$18
Be a Beginner Jeff Blankenburg talk from Kalamazoo X
56. Referenced Feats of Strength
My Blog: http://www.tfswhisperer.com/
My Slide decks:
http://www.slideshare.net/angelabinkowski
TFS Webinar:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/03
/20/alm-webinars-and-conference-and-events.aspx
TFS Radio Podcast:
http://www.radiotfs.com/Show/92/EveryoneisanImpostor