Building an A-Team: I Love It When A Team Comes Together
Craig SmithSuncorp
Welcome
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The A-Team
(The original
one, not that
remake...)
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Back
to
basics
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“A” is for agile: Umbrella term
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Agile Manifesto
Agile Pyramid
Practices
Principles
Values
Approach
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Core Agile Values
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Trust
Courage
Innovative Accountability
Honesty
It’s All About Culture
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Definition:Team
“A team is a small number
of people with
complementary skills who
are committed to a
common purpose,
performance goals, and
approach for which they
hold themselves mutually
accountable”(Katzenbach & Smith)
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“Results”(Drucker)
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Defining an
A Team
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Well-defined focusImage: http://www.vintek.net/images/page/logo/company_about_us_mission_statement.jpg
Small teamsImage: http://www.rebinder.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pizza.jpg
Commitment to selfImage: http://www.nataliedee.com/091805/way-better.jpg
Complementary supportImage: http://butterfliesandbugs.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/help_wanted_sign_50f8.jpg
Collective intelligence
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CommunicationImage: http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/megaphone-kid-cropped.jpg
ControlImage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Blackwood_roundabout.jpg
Continuous improvementImage: http://www.ecboe.org/sardis/lib/sardis/Continuous_Improvement_Icon.gif
RhythmImage: http://thedockingstation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/disco-stu.gif
Identifying
a not-so
A-Team
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Stuck
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Missed delivery
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Culture of blame
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Punch clockers
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How
Agile
Practices
help
A-Teams
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Focussing Question
Success Sliders
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RetrospectiveImage: http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.57250908.jpg
Co-locationImage: http://www.cubefigures.com/graphics/IThome.jpg
Cross functional team
Core Team
Extended Team
Project Manager
SupportAnalystOther key
stakeholders
BusinesOwner
Consultants
Iteration Manager
Teamlead
Team Member
Bus.SME
Team Specialist
Project Officer
Quality Assurance
CommsOfficer
ProgramManager
Project Sponsor
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Continuous feedback
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Sustainable pace
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Pair programmingImage: http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/pairon.jpg
CoachImage: http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rap_sheet/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bb-whistle-swinging.JPG
Agile helps... but...Image: http://www.bulletforge.com/images/silver_bullets/223_rifle_silver_bullet.jpg
Thinking
about
leadership
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Factories & Tribes
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Carrots
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Generation * are different
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Leadership Aspirations
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Motivation
of
A-Teams
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Hawthorne Effect
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Open Source
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Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives
Mastery - the urge to get better and better at
something that matters
Purpose - the desire to do what we do in the
service of something larger than ourselves
Intrinsic Motivation
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Fedex / Hackathon / ...
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20% Time
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HR Reloaded
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Netflix has no vacation policy or tracking!
“There is no clothing policy at Netflix, but no one has come
to work naked lately.” (Patty McCord, Netflix)
Performance Reviews
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Innovation
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Measure
your
A-Team
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Happy People
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Passion & Craft
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Own the business
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Safe to fail
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Wrap up
(or what
can I do
to get my
own
A-Team)
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PurposeImage: http://images.parenthood.com/tv-question-mark.jpg
Skilled cooperative teamImage: http://www.mushon.com/spr09/nmrs/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/macgyver.jpg
PracticesImage: http://www.bobgarontraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Home-Improvement-Tim-Taylor.jpg
LeadershipImage: http://media.photobucket.com/image/fonz/bloodyrose2310/28007169_fonz.jpg
MotivationImage: http://media.photobucket.com/image/my%20name%20is%20earl/DirgeDevil/MyNameisEarl.jpg
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Do you work
on or lead an
A-Team?
If not, what’s
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Questions ??
Craig Smith
http://www.suncorp.com.au
http://www.agileacademy.com.au
@smithcdau
http://www.slideshare.net/smithcdau/
Suncorp is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest diversified financial services providers, supplying
banking, insurance and wealth management products to around 9 million customers through well-
established and recognised brands such as AAMI, Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency, Shannons,
Vero, Asteron and Tyndall, as well as Suncorp and GIO. Today, Suncorp is Australia's fifth largest bank
and second largest domestic general insurance group, with over 16,000 staff. Suncorp has
representation in 450 offices, branches and agencies throughout Australia and New Zealand.
(http://www.suncorp.com.au)
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