you're not as agile as you think you are - dan davis (2014)
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You are not as Agile as you think you are!
@daniel_davis
Thursday, March 13, 14
Who I am?Business Improvement ConsultantAgile Practitioner/DeveloperInnovatorHackerMakerCub MasterProfessional Snowboard Instructor
Where I’ve been?Delphi
AAA LifeGeneral Motors
Blue Cross Blue ShieldCengage Learning
Delta DentalGordon Food Service (GFS)
CintasFarm Bureau Insurance
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So you think you’re AGILE eh?
That means you probably do some some TDD, maybe have a CI box running in the corner,
probably move some cards around a card wall,do retros(that don’t really change your)perspective,
blah, blah, blah, yadda yadda...
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All that’s well enough and certainly better than nothing, but it’s tends to be the easy stuff.
Lets take a look at how you level out on some of the more difficult Agile aspects...
Yeah for you, here’s a gold star for the day...
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Pop Quiz Time
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Servant Leadership
servant-leaders share power, put the needs of others first and help people develop and perform as highly as possible.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Sustainable Pace
where team members don’t regularly work more than 40 (+/-) hours a week, and if there is overtime one week, the next shouldn’t have any.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
Thursday, March 13, 14
Open Communication
where team members are encouraged to share their ideas and concerns, both positive and negative.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Self Organization
spontaneous process where some form of coordination arises out of the team members interactions between each other.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Continuous Learning
the constant expansion of skills and skill-sets through learning and increasing knowledge.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Failing Fast
understanding that failures will happen, so work to find and embrace them as fast as possible.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Specializing Generalists
team members specializing in both technical and domain areas, who seek to improve those existing specialties, as well as gain new ones.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Trust
everyone has a voice and they should feel they can speak openly & freely to any team member at any point.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Continuous Improvement
an ongoing effort by the team to improve the products, services, or processes they work on or work with.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Responding To Change
the ability for the team to understand that change is inevitable, then being willing to accept it and productively move forward from it.
1. Didn’t even know about
2. Heard about it
3. Do it a little
4. Do it all the time
5. Oh yeah, we mastered that
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Total up your points then x 2.
Where did you end up?
How does that compare to our regional industry experts?
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Expert #1 - 80%
Expert #2 - 76%
Expert #3 - 54%
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Q & A
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Daniel Davis
@daniel_davis
Thank you!
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