The Agile Activity Based
Seating Report 2018
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“Every day starts with
“where the hell am I sitting?”
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“Arguments over desks.”
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“Overrides different types of
accessibility needs”
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“Teams assigned an “early bird”
to go in the office at 7.00”
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“Despite all the overtime, our
velocity in the project dropped”
47%
Size of the workplace
Over 1000
people.
20%Between 50 – 200
people.
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Type of work?
1. Agile Coaching - 37%
2. Management - 29%
3. Project Management - 27%
4. Development - 25%
5. Designing - 23%
6. Product Ownership – 21%
7. Business Analysis- 14%
8. Testing – 13%
9. Business Development – 26%
10. Other 12%
11. Content Creation – 11%
12. Support 9%
13. HR – 7%
14. Marketing – 7%
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46%
Experience of ABS
Where I work now.
36%I used to work in
one.
16%I have never
worked in one.
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89%
How many belong to a team?
Of the respondents belong to a
team to be able to deliver valuable
outcomes.
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Private or Public Sector
71%Private Public
29%
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4.68
The effectivity of the organization
working in ABS according to people
answering the survey.
How effective do you believe the
ABS organization to be?
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To save money. To save space.It suits our way of
working best.
?
What do you think was behind the
decision to make change to ABS?
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What do you think was behind the
decision to make change to ABS?
35%
To save space.17%
It suits our way of
working best.
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41%
To save money.
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Beautiful workplace
30%The workplace is
more beautiful.
The workplace is
less beautiful.
11%
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I collaborate less
with others.
24%
Collaboration
26%I collaborate more
with others.
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It’s more difficult to
understand what
other people are
doing.
17%
Understanding what
Other people are doing
20%It´s easier to understand
what other people
are doing.
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Optimal place to sit
16%It´s easy to find an
optimal place to sit.
It´s hard to find an
optimal place to sit.
55%
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Undisturbed work
15%It´s easy to work
undisturbed.
It´s difficult to work
undisturbed.
52%
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Effectiveness
9%I feel more effective. I feel less effective.
49%
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Practical workplace
18%The workplace is
more practical.
The workplace is
less practical.
45%
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Stress
5%I feel less stressed. I feel more stressed.
38%
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Free meeting rooms
13%It´s easier to find a
meeting room.
It´s more difficult to
find a free meeting
room.
31%
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Value delivery
6%I deliver more
value.
I deliver less
value.
29%
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Quality of work
4%Quality of my work is
much higher.
Quality of my work
is much lower.
26%
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I don’t find anything negative or positive
9%I don’t find anything
negative.
I don’t find anything
positive.
29%
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Positive vs Negative with ABS
?
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Positive vs Negative with ABS
1
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We want to mobilize brain
power and have high
performing teams that can
solve complex business
problems and deliver value
continiuously.
Why do we work Agile?
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We get low performing
stressed individuals,
who spend their brain power
trying to find a place to sit.
The organization is
inneffective, producing
poor quality.
How does Agile work
together with ABS?
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Please stop
trying to save
money on office
space!
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…and start asking
how you can help
to mobilize more
brain power!
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Flexible Seating often disguised as
Activity Based Seating
During the Agile Sverige Conference we learned that there is a huge difference with
ABS and FS – and that what people commonly think is ABS actually is FS. This slide is added.
The “Get Seated for
Agile” poster is a result
of this and can be
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Agile Activity Based Seating
Report 2018 at
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