2013 02-02 agile governance
TRANSCRIPT
• Swissborn in Zürich 1970
• Estonified since 1999
• Co-founder of Agile Estonia 2009
Goal
increase awareness of governance
it affects us all and we can change it
Milestones
• Bit of history and definition
• Corporate governance
• How to implement agile governance
first PO - ever :)
first Scrum - ever :)
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Survival of the fittest
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Survival of the fittest
• Live and let live
• Equal rights
• Fraternity or Death!
Mother of all slogans Mother of all revolutions
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a1
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Liquid Democracy
Electronic direct democracy (EDD)
Direct Digital Democracy (DDD)
The Economist's Democracy Index as published in December 2011, with greener colours representing more democratic countries and clearly authoritarian countries in dark red.
Definition
• Governance is the way rules are interpreted, implemented and changed.
• Principle of separation of powers:
• changing of rules (aka Legislative)
• implementing of rules (aka Executive)
• interpreting of rules (aka Judiciary)
Bit of history and definition
✔
Corporate Governance
let’s get into it
Stakeholders
attempt at mapping principals of separation
changing implementing interpreting
Nation-State
Corporation
Scrum
People Official Judge
Employees? Management Shareholder
Team SM PO
Scrum Governance
Teamself-organized
ScrumMaster
ensures that the team is functional and
productive
Product Owner
responsible for the business value of the
project
BacklogProduct increment
Discussion
• discuss with your neighbor if there is something what you have decided (voted) on.
Corporate governance
✔
How to implement agile governance
let’s do it
Case Study: Ignite OÜ
Employees• self-motivated• self-organized• approves rules by
voting• can challenge rules at
any time
Management• demonstrates leadership• is on top of the situation• has action plan for vision• co-ordinates activities
and ensures proper execution
Shareholders• owns the vision• designs basic rules• arbitration
visionsuccess stories
review vision with management yearly
gets approval for strategy/goals and needed funds quarterly
trans
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Rules - what rules?
• company rules
• in general, there are no limits ...
change in actionexample 1: challenging a rule
Workgroup works out new rule
Workgroup present initiative to employees
New rule is implemented
Shareholders check proposal is complete
Vote OK?
END
No
Yes Yes
No
Morelab time?
Conclusion• goal for making governance agile in corporations
should always be employee empowerment and involvement in decision process
• keep it in the middle of a triangle of* authoritarian style* no rules at all* over-regulation
• remember to keep balance of powers and live by the ideals of equality and liberty
• keep a simple and non-complex decision process
Tips
• shareholders must be involved operationally (more than just investors)
• aim for employees self-organization but don’t bet on it
• managers must be experienced and knowledgeable in implementing strategy
• rules must apply equally to everyone: managers, employees and shareholders
Agile Governance v0.1afeatures
• gives the power of change to everyone
• facilitates open discussion of issues
• makes it possible to de-regulate over-regulated systems
• makes it possible to break-up stuck processes
• tames the “traveling” manager syndrome
Agile Governance v0.1aknown problems
• legal issues i.e. IANAL
Finally
Remember, today’s solutions give birth to tomorrow’s problems.
improve improve improve :)
How to implement agile governance
✔
Goal achieved if you...
• got appetite for organizational change
thank you