One of the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto states that “The best architecture, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” Why is that? And what exactly are self-organizing teams? How does a team become self-organizing? Teams that have always been used to command and control cannot suddenly become self-organizing overnight. Come to this session to learn what self-organizing really means. Understand the attributes of a self-organizing team and some of the challenges you face in getting your team there. Learn how to use the Self-Organizing Teams Canvas and appropriate delegation to find the right balance between team learning and team empowerment vs. control. Leave with tools and techniques to help you build and foster high-performing self-organizing teams.

1. THE SELF
ORGANIZING
TEAM CANVAS
By Fadi Stephan

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Meet Your
Neighbors
Are you on a self-organizing team?
What does self-organizing mean to
you?

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“Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they
need, and trust them to get the job done.”
“The best architectures, requirements, and
designs emerge from self-organizing teams.”
- Fifth and Eleventh of the Principles behind the Manifesto for Agile Software Development

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Use Scrum
Produce Hyper
Productive Teams

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Self Organizing
Teams
Decide how best to accomplish the
work
How long the work will take
How much of it they can do
Who will work on what

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How?

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Shu-Ha-Ri

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In shu, we repeat the forms and discipline
ourselves so that our bodies absorb the forms
that our forebears created. We remain faithful
to these forms with no deviation.
Aikido Master Endo Seishiro Shihan

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In ha, once we have disciplined ourselves
to acquire the forms and movements, we
make innovations. In this process, the
forms may be broken and discarded.
Aikido Master Endo Seishiro Shihan

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In ri, we completely depart from the forms,
open the door to creative technique, and arrive
in a place where we act in accordance with
what our heart/mind desires, unhindered while
not overstepping laws.
Aikido Master Endo Seishiro Shihan

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Shu-Ha-Ri

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Dreyfus Model of Skills
Acquisition

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Expert
Proficient
Competent
Advanced Beginner
Novice

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Situational Leadership®

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Diagnose
Developmental
Level
Determine
Leadership
Approach
Apply
Approach and
Monitor
Development

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Tuckman Stage of Group
Development

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Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

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Drexler/Sibbet
Team
Performance
Model

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http://concentrics.com/7-stages-developing-high-performance-team

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http://concentrics.com/7-stages-developing-high-performance-team

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http://concentrics.com/7-stages-developing-high-performance-team

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Attributes
of a
Self-Organization

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1. Goal

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The Product Goal is the long-term objective for
the Scrum Team.
The Sprint Goal is the single objective for the
Sprint... The Sprint Goal also creates
coherence and focus, encouraging the Scrum
Team to work together rather than on separate
initiatives.
- 2020 Scrum Guide

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Each Sprint Should
Have 1 Sprint Goal
That Results
In A Product
Increment That
Gets the Team One
Step Closer to the
Product Goal

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Feature A
Feature B
Feature C
Feature D
TODO DOING DONE

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Feature A
Feature B
Feature C
Feature D
TODO DOING DONE

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Start Finishing
Stop Starting

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Deliver a working, useful,
valuable product increment

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Individual Group Team
Self-
Organized
Team
Self-
Managed
Team
Self-
Directed
Team

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2. Constraints

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Constraints
Help
Teams
Focus

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3. Diversity

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Cross Functional

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Within a Scrum Team, there are no sub-teams or
hierarchies. It is a cohesive unit of professionals
focused on one objective at a time, the Product
Goal.
Scrum Teams are cross-functional, meaning
the members have all the skills necessary to
create value each Sprint.
- 2020 Scrum Guide

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From Concept or
Idea
To Delivered
Product

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UI Data Analysis Design Testing Backend
John
Kate
Ali
Jose
H
L
H
H
H

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Pairing T Shaped Skills

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4. Supportive
Context

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4. Supportive
Context
Tools
Equipment
Environment
Skills
Education

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5. Bounded Context

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Situational Leadership
• Tell/Direct
• Sell/Coach
• Participate/Support
• Delegate
RACI Matrix
• Responsible
• Accountable
• Consulted
• Informed
- Management 3.0

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Source: Management 3.0 By Jurgen Appelo

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Tech Stack
Vacation
Team Members
Priority
Estimates X
X
X
X
X

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Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

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6. Stability

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7. Evolve

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Pair with Your
Neighbor
Walk through the canvas
Assess your team

52. Start using the
canvas to foster Self
Organizing Teams

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Contact info@kaizenko.com for
in-house customized training or coaching
Slides and Resources
https://kaizenko.com/gsgams23
Visit kaizenko.com for more info on our tools,
templates, and training classes

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http://martinfowler.com/bliki/ShuHaRi.html
http://alexchardin.com/story-autonomy-delegation-management30/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition
http://www.businessballs.com/leadership-theories.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development
http://concentrics.com/7-stages-developing-high-performance-team
http://www.slideshare.net/proyectalis/developing-scrummasters
https://www.infoq.com/articles/what-are-self-organising-teams
https://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/coaching_teams
http://www.slideshare.net/jurgenappelo/agile-management-authority-delegation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA2hfkU34TQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXgb1_oSlU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvRbxzSkjuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuHuSHoZlmk
References

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Founder – Kaizenko
Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Transform | Innovate | Deliver
Organizer of the DC Scrum User Group
Fadi
Stephan
www.kaizenko.com
linkedin.com/in/fadistephan
@FadiStephan
Kaizenko KaizenkoLLC Kaizenko Kai.zen.ko
Fadi.Stephan@kaizenko.com