To help teams be more self-organizing. What are indicators/traits of an Agile self-organizing team? Provide coaching tips to help promote, develop, and monitor self-organizing teams. The underlying concept is how self-organizing teams are more productive.

1. The Magic
of Self Organizing
Teams
Greg Robinson
Email: greg.robinson2@capitalone.com
Capital One Bank

2. My Journey
Traditional Project Manager
Agile Coach / CSP
Executive, Program, Team Coaching
Software Technician
Configuration Manager
Siemens Adoption of Scrum/XP
Software Engineer
ING Direct’s Agile Journey & Capital One integration
Agile Philly Coordinator
Graduate Degrees (1st
Intro to Agile & User Stories)
Scrum Master / CSM
2004
2002
1999
2012
2013
2014
2004
2015Scrum Master Manager, Mentor, & Coach
Speaking, writing, community involvement
Scrum Master 2008
Open Space Facilitation / Lean Coffee Philly

3. 3
We’re hiring!
1. Go to: http://www.capitalonecareers.com/
2. Email me: greg.robinson2@capitalone.com

4. 4
Purpose…
to raise the bar

5. 5
Agile Rope Game
Agile Rope Game
Video and Instructions

6. 6Confidential
6
Self Organizing Teams
Solve Problems Faster

7. 7Confidential
7
High Performing
Passionate
Happy

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Performance
8
High Performing

9. Passionate
{Bound by
responsibility}

10. Happy

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Manager-Led
Self-Governed
Self-Organizing

12. Support Context Vision/Goals

13. 13Confidential
TRUST
..team knows best
..agile framework

14. 14Confidential
People
1st
People
1st
Business
2nd

15. LET GO
The team needs to
figure out the best
way to accomplish
the work

16. Give the team
space to Explore
“Would you be open to
trying something new?”

17. Maintain the space
but progressively withdraw

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Sustainable Team Agreements
Retrospectives
Document and make visible
Revisit periodically

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“There are people who
specialize in cooking, but
everyone needs to know
how to peel the potatoes”
Whole Team Approach

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Powerful Questions
What’s another way to do that?
What’s your prediction?
What’s next?
What’s stopping you?
What was the lesson?
When is it time for action?
References:
Co-Active Coaching
Agile Coaching Institute
The Art of Powerful Questions
Powerful Question Exercise Kit

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Self Organizing Killers
The micromanager PO’s making
technical decisions
“You’re impacting the team’s ability to self-organize”
Outsiders determining
the how
STRONG personalities
Lack of trust
The overzealous
manager
Strict roles
Best practices

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Happiness
Metric
Happiness breeds success

23. 23
Call to Action
Powerful Question
Team
Scenario 1 - Massive Team Changes
#Happiness
Team Lunch
Journey Lines
Shared vision
Team Health Radar
Team Norms
Baseline Story
Product vision

24. 24
Call to Action
Powerful Question
Team
Scenario 2 – Backlog Starvation
#HighPerformance
Focused Retros
Grooming reset
Line-of-Sight
Metrics
Story Mapping
PO Coaching
Whole Team
Sprint reviews

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Call to Action
Powerful Question
Scenario 3 – Agile Ninjas
#Passion
Tea Breaks
Pomodoro Technique
Lunch, everyday
Pair Programming
Caustic Analogiesc
Remote team
member pics in
the team area
Code Review Goggles
TDD
Daily “Looky-backs”
Hackathons
Physical story board
Tic-tac-toe
Customer Collaboration

26. Support Context Vision/Goals

27. 27
Call to Action
• 5 powerful questions
• Design 1 experiment
• Happiness metric
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