What happened to the promise of continuous improvement? When did your passion for developing products turn into lawyering about processes and forcing tools? In this interactive and fun session at Agile2014, Dhaval Panchal demonstrated how to avoid common Agile transformation pitfalls and offered tips about focusing on signals vs. noise. Attendees worked in small teams to discover root cause(s) for death of the Agile spirit and devised an action plan to resuscitate it.

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Who Killed Agile
Discovering Scenarios of Agile Transformation Failures
PREPARED BY
Dhaval Panchal
7/30/2014

2. Ice-Breaker
Who is your favorite detective character? And Why?
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3. Agile Has Been Killed! Who Did It?
Detective Workshop
» Designed for work in small teams.
» You will be presented with clues to
help you figure out scenarios for death
of the Agile spirit.
» You will be provided with simple tools
to process these clues.
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Learning Objectives
» Fun!
» Discover scenarios for Agile transformation failures
» How have others negotiated these challenges?
» Over the years, has a pattern emerged?

5. Workshop Style (How I can get out of your way?)
» No lecture, my role is that of facilitator
» The facilitator helps the entire group move forward by providing structure, steps,
time boxes, calls for debrief, etc.
» Your learning depends on your active participation
» Other’s learning depends on your respectful interactions
» Work in small break-out teams and joint debriefs
» Record group insights on paper for debrief
» Take pictures!
» Ask for help
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START

7. Step 1
Form Table Groups ( 8 or less people )
» Name your fictitious company
» Identify the Detective Seargent
- Someone who likes to serve the team
- Big picture person
- Who knows that they are not the
smartest person in the group
- Plans to stay for the entire session
- Facilitators default point of contact
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8. Clue Sets
Your detective team has been asked to investigate the
murder of the Agile spirit. The clue set contains statements
made or heard at this organization.
There are three separate clue sets labeled A, B, or C. Pick
one set only.
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9. Step 2
Affinity group Clue Set
» Pick up Clue Set ( A or B or C )
» Every one at the table works at the same
time
» Affinity-group your clue set.
- Like items are placed closer together.
- Unlike items are farther apart.
- Label clue groups.
- It’s okay to have ‘loner’ clue cards.
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Example:
group label
group label
group label

10. Scenario Map
Investigating a murder is a methodical process.
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Scenario Map : motive, means and opportunity
Motive: Reason someone or some group felt the need to commit the crime.
Suspect: People or groups that have a motive
Weapon: Means to commit the crime
Witness: People who reported or may have awareness
Opportunity: Chance to commit crime
Suspect(s)Motive(s) Weapon(s) Witness(es) Opportunity
Scenario
Scenario
coherent narrative

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Step 3
Prepare Scenario Map
» Use clue set as input.
» Review deck of scenario cards.
» Typical roles, motives, weapons and
opportunities are provided.
» Some cards are intentionally left
blank for you to create new content.
» Annotate cards freely.
» Identify one or two scenarios.
» Connect motive + means to describe
scenario on opportunity card.
Suspects/Witness Motive
Weapon Opportunity
Need more time?

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Step 4
Prepare for Debrief
» Take a flip chart.
» Create a graphic organizer to collect
insights.
» Tape it next to your scenario map.
» You will need a pen/marker and post-it
notes for the next step.
Graphic Organizer
scenario
What went wrong?
What could have prevented
this tragedy?

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Step 5: Debrief : Gallery Walk
Debrief:
» Open format review of scenario maps
from other teams
» If you like, you can stay back with your
scenario to explain it better to others.
» You are a GUEST at other peoples’
scenario map.
» Capture your insights on post-it notes
and place these on ‘graphic organizer’
charts.
» Come back to your group table at the
end of the time-box.

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Step 6: Review Graphic Organizer
Review Insights:
» Affinity-group like items.
» Label groups.
» Generate Insights.
» What can you share that will enhance
our understanding of your scenario?
Review Insights (Alternative):
» Park-bench?

16. Big Reveal
Clue Sets A, B, and C
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17. Clue Set A : Scrum Gathering 2012 Atlanta
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18. Clue Set B : Agile Conference 2013 Nashville
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19. Clue Set C : Agile Conference 2014 Orlando
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For grins and grit : Noir quotes
Dead men are heavier
than broken hearts.
What do you want, my
life history? Here it is in
four words: big ideas,
small results.
You’re in the same
boat that I am, but you
are going to be dead
Him: You’re never
around when I need you.
Her: You never need me
when I’m around
I can be framed easier
than “Whistler’s mother”.
I do your murder. You
do mine. Criss-cross.
Cop: Can I help
you?
Caller: I want to
report a murder.
Cop: Who was
murdered?
Caller: I was.
She was a kitten, in a place
that did not like kittens.
Him: Come on, read my
future for me.
Her: You don’t have one.
Him: What do you mean?
Her: Your future is all
used up.

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For grins and grit : Noir quotes
Dead men are heavier
than broken hearts.
What do you want, my
life history? Here it is in
four words: big ideas,
small results.You’re in the same
boat that I am, but
you’re going to be
dead
Him: You’re never
around when I need you.
Her: You never need me
when I’m around
I’m easier to frame than
“Whistler’s mother”.
I murder you. You
murder me. Criss-
cross.
Cop: Can I help
you?
Caller: I want to
report a murder.
Cop: Who was
murdered?
Caller: I was.
She was a kitten, in a place
that did not like kittens.
Him: Come on, read my
future for me.
Her: You don’t have one.
Him: What do you mean?
Her: Your future is all
used up.

22. Is There a Pattern ?
Your thoughts:
» What has changed over the years?
» How is some things the same?
» What can be done differently ?
» What will you do differently ?
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23. Who did it?
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