agilenyc: agile day 2015 - integral agile team health
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Agile NYC Day #ad15Lyssa Adkins @lyssaadkins
An Integral Agile View on Team Health
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We have
HUGEaspirationsfor Agile.
Don’t we?
© 2015 Agile Coaching InstituteSource: Version One 2013 “State of Agile” Survey
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Enterprise “Noise” Impacts TeamsWhat’s the org structure? What’s the culture?
How do leaders lead?
Who likes whom?
How do I get ahead?
How do you get things done here?
Upgrading is a Fact of Life
Which are you
attracted to?
©2013 Michael K. Spayd
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Coaching the Agile EnterpriseA Handbook for
Emerging Transformation Leaders, Change Artists and Benevolent Trouble-‐Makers
©2011-‐15Michael K. Spayd
Your Guides….Lyssa Adkins
Michael Spayd
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What is Integral?
INTEGRAL: “possessing everything essential or significant; complete; whole.”
Adapted from Brett Thomas, AQAL Elements Applied to Leadership. IOS & AQAL framework are based on the work of Ken Wilber and others
An integral approach incorporates all of the essential perspectives, schools of thought, and methods into a unified, comprehensive and accurate framework.
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Psychological Window
Behavioral Window
Cultural Window
Systems Window
Inspired by Brett Thomas, AQAL Elements Applied to Leadership;; RSI is Trademark of CRR Global
-Professional Coaching-Personality tests (e.g., MBTI)
-Introspection / meditation
The “I” Perspective
-Scientific method-Structured observation
-Metrics / statistics
The “IT” Perspective
-Mental models-Facilitated dialogue-Relationship Systems
Intelligence™ (RSI)The “WE” Perspective
-Systems thinking-Value stream mapping
-Empirical mgmt systems
The “ITS” Perspective
and Michael K. Spayd
Integral
Quadrants and Methods
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Integral Example from Medicine-‐-‐ treating depression -‐-‐
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
Psychotherapy• introspective• cognitive
Medications / physical
treatments
• Socioeconomic status• Availability of
insurance, treatment options
• Available support systems
• Support from family• Prayer / good
intentions
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Agile Approaches Mapped to Quadrants
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
• ‘Being’ Agile / Agile mindset• Software Craftsmanship (values)• The Leadership Circle (Anderson)• Professional Coaching (Co-active)
• Doing Agile / behaviors & practices
• Software Craftsmanship (practices)
• Applying the scientific method• Kanban (team level)
• Scaled Agile Framework™• Beyond Budgeting• Kanban (Portfolio level)• Systems Thinking• Theory of Constraints• Holacracy
• Schneider’s culture typology• Creating an Agile, collaborative
culture• Systems Coaching / RSI™• Examining mental models (Senge)
and Michael K. Spayd
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What’s Your Preference?
? ?
? ?
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
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Agile Approaches Mapped to Quadrants
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
• ‘Being’ Agile / Agile mindset• Software Craftsmanship (values)• The Leadership Circle (Anderson)• Professional Coaching (Co-active)
• Doing Agile / behaviors & practices
• Software Craftsmanship (practices)
• Applying the scientific method• Kanban (team level)
• Scaled Agile Framework™• Beyond Budgeting• Kanban (Portfolio level)• Systems Thinking• Theory of Constraints• Holacracy
• Schneider’s culture typology• Creating an Agile, collaborative
culture• Systems Coaching / RSI™• Examining mental models (Senge)
and Michael K. Spayd
“It thinks its one grain is all there
is to love.”
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Integral Agile -‐ Team View
EngagedIndividual Agilists
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
Relationships & Culture
Valuable Products through Agile Practices & Roles
Environment
Team
Mindset Practices & Roles
Real Team with a Resonant “We”
Smooth Beginning-to-End Product Flow
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Starter Questions for an
Integral Agile Team Assessment
• Lives Agile values & practices?• Tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty?• Feels free to take leadership?
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”Relationships & Culture
• Purposes of ceremonies fulfilled?• Sufficient technical practices?• Pivotal roles filled completely?
EnvironmentTeam
Mindset Practices & Roles
• A real “We” or “I’s”?• Shared, compelling purpose?• Conflict creates positive outcomes?
• Easy access to technical envs?• Work flows to team at right level
of vision and granularity?• Deployment is smooth and fast?
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Helping Teams Increase Health
Key Skills for you to Develop
“I”
“WE”
“IT”
“ITS”
Teaching and Mentoring:People can be given the knowledge and demonstrable skill needed to
help them move fully into their Agile roles and enact the practices
completely.Team
Professional Coaching:Team members can be helped to
handle, with grace, the ambiguity & complexity and the pushes & pulls
of the modern work world
Facilitation:Teams can be helped to leverage
the conflict & diversity inherent in a collaborative environment in a way that values relationship and results.
Analysis Tools:Teams can more successfully
influence an external environment that does not always provide
agility in the way we would like.
