My presentation on What women want, the various factors that make or break them specifically in IT/Agile

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Agile Tour 2015 Hyderabad
Yashasree Barve
What Women Want, What makes or breaks them in Agile IT

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About myself
Diversity & Women’s Network @ TCS

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Agenda
What women want
What makes them
What breaks them
Sharing our story

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What women want
What makes them
What breaks them
Sharing our story

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Have it all…

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In defense of being average
Mark Manson’s Blog - http://markmanson.net/being-average

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Know Thyself…
What
makes me

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What women want
What makes them
What breaks them
Sharing our story

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Empathy
• Maximize the
team game
• Understand
Individuals
better through
Interactions
Ability to
converse
• Strike right
conversations
• Stakeholder
management
Creativity
• Trainings,
scrum games
• Retrospectives
• Cherishing
Attention to
details
• Ensure the
right
acceptance
criteria
• Able to review,
test well
Factors that make Women successful in AgileWomen bring a lot of inherent qualities to the table…

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Time boxing
Constant
Feedback
Focus on
Interaction
Sustainable Pace Prioritization
Possibility of
Remote working
Factors that make Women successful in AgileSome agile principles that work in favor

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Urge to Excel
Strong Values
Support systems
at Work or Home
Sensitization on
Diversity issues
Some observations

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What women want
What makes them
What breaks them
Sharing our story

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Negotiation Skills Being Perfectionist? Narrow Scope
Career Gaps Distributed teams Aspiration Deficit
Few points to ponder

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What women want
What makes them
What breaks them
Sharing our story

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Circle of Women
Cognizance
• Women aware of
typical Diversity
issues
• Forum available to
discuss issues if
needed
• Hear from others
Confidence
• Help each other to
achieve individual
goals
• Meet regularly to
learn and grow
together
• Focus on confidence
and assertiveness
Leadership
• 40% women in account
leadership
• 15+ Initiatives led by
women associates such as
CSR, Agile, L&D, Product
Owner Interest Group,
Newsletter, Magazine,
Conferences, Domain CoE
More
A grass-roots Forum aimed at
Professional Development of Lady Associates

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Hope it helps!
Connect with me
Yashasree.barve@gmail.com
@yashasreebarve
http://yashasree.blogspot.int
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/yashasree-barve/12/b27/208
Thank you for your patience!

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Negotiation Skills
What
Inability to say No or
Push back
Offshoring – Vendor
mindset
How
Public Speaking,
Trainings, Workshops
Have a buddy or mentor
to go back to talk
Leadership/Customer
support
Courage
Openness
Back

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Perfectionist?
What
• Focus on right
things and Value
• Prioritize, Prioritize
and Prioritize
• Time box anything
and everything
How
• Be conscious
about time-eating
activities
• Question value
added each and
every time
Focus
Deliver Value
Back

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Aspiration Deficit
• Strategic thinking / career planing
missing
• Aspiration Deficit as one grows in career
What
• A letter to yourself
• Role models, Be Inspired sessions
• Thursday Thoughts mailers
• Meet, discuss, share, open space
• Build a personal brand
How
Back

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Narrow Scope
What
• Project or team focus may create silos
• How to get the big picture?
• Aspirational Deficit
How
• Interest Groups, Share best practices
• Mentorship
• Build a Community, share experiences
• Build Big picture and Strategic Thinking
skills
Team game
Focus on teams
delivering software
Back

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Distributed Teams
What
Demand on personal
time at odd hours
for collaboration
Frequent travel
needed
Safety Issues
How
Flexi hours, laptops
and Remote working
can help a bit
Work with
stakeholders to
minimize strain on
just one location
Safety Workshops,
Companies policies
to ensure safety
Face-to-face
conversations
Work together daily
Back

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Career Gaps
• Gaps in career due to child care or
education
• After re-joining after a long gap can
cause anxiety, dis-orientation
• Skill gap
• Aspiration Deficit
What
• Re-orientation programs
• Helping hand and mentoring
sessions
• Be connected while away
How
Back

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Cherishing Creativity
• A corner in the ODC to showcase
creativity to everyone, open to all
• Workshops to teach each other,
sessions to share
Creative
Corner
• Session to reinvigorate forgotten
hobbies and make time to pursue
those
• Emphasis on making time for
hobbies, and “Me Time”
Hobby
Lobby
Back

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TCS CEO, Mr. N. Chandra
says, “Our diversity of
talent remains a significant
source of strength as a
company”.
TCS' 'Diversity and Inclusion' initiative
launched in 2009 aims to aid professional
growth and development through focused
intervention, and foster an inclusive culture
within the company through awareness,
engagement, and enablement.
Spearheaded by advisory councils across
branches and geographies, the initiative
comprises initiatives targeted at deploying
diversity friendly policies, reintegration,
leadership, and Social Media
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