Successful Agile Transitions: Patterns to Ensure Success (or failure)

Mitch Lacey Agile Adria 2013 Keynote

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1. Successful Agile Transitions: Patterns to ensure success (or failure) Agile Adria April 2013 Mitch Lacey
2. AUTHOR: THE SCRUM FIELD GUIDE 15+ YEARS PROJECT EXPERIENCE AGILE2012& 2014 CONFERENCE CHAIR AGILE AND SCRUM ALLIANCE BOARD ALPHABET SOUP (PMP , ACP , CST)
3. TWITTER: MGLACEY MITCH@MITCHLACEY.COM +1 425 429 6086 HTTP://MITCHLACEY.COM
4. A story • Tell a story about Carter and Emma learning to ride bikes • Highlight how fear works “I’M SCARED DAD… WHAT IF I FALL AND HURT MYSELF?”
5. FEAR IS A NORMAL PART OF LIFE TENDS TO START WHEN… YOU TRY SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING YOU’VE NOT EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT IS UNKNOWN
6. OVERCOME YOUR AGILE FEAR ENVISION YOUR OUTCOME GRADUALLY ADOPT CONTROL YOUR IMAGINATION be AWARE
7. WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEN ADOPTING AGILE
8. JUMPING IN WE ARE SPECIAL MY AGILE IS NOT YOUR AGILE WORKING REMOTE LIP SERVICE
9. JUMPING IN
10. “HOW HARD CAN IT BE… ITS JUST THE LATEST FAD”
11. FLIP THE SWITCH OVERNIGHT ADOPTING SLOWLY LACK OF TRAINING CULTURE DOES NOT SUPPORT IT HAVE SOMETHING TO BLAME FLIP THE SWITCH OVERNIGHT ADOPTING SLOWLY LACK OF TRAINING CULTURE DOES NOT SUPPORT IT HAVE SOMETHING TO BLAME
12. WE ARE SPECIAL
13. “AGILE SOUNDS GREAT… BUT WE’RE DIFFERENT”
14. OUR COMPANY AND CULTURE IS UNIQUE ONLY WE CAN DO WHAT WE DO IT IS GOOD FOR THEM, NOT US
15. WE ALL SHARE THE SAME DNA SOFTWARE IS SOFTWARE ITS HOW WE THINK THAT IS DIFFERNET
16. MY AGILE IS NOT YOUR AGILE
17. “WHY CAN’T YOU JUST SEE IT MY WAY, YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT!!!”
18. PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS SPENDING TIME FIGHTING DOES NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO FOCUS
19. WORKING REMOTE
20. HAPPIER EMPLOYEES MORE PRODUCTIVE LOWER OPERATING COSTS
21. “Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.
22. “people are more productive when they’re alone … they’re more collaborative and innovative when they’re together. Some of the best ideas come from pulling two different ideas together.”
23. COMMUNICATION SATURATION DELAYS IN ANSWERS CONTROL YOUR IMAGINATION be AWARE WHAT WE LOSE WORKING REMOTE
24. LIP SERVICE
25. “THIS AGILE STUFF IS TOO HARD WE’LL GO BACK TO A TRUE METHOD”
26. NOT CHANGING HOW YOU WORK CHANGING WHAT YOU CALL THINGS LACK OF COMMITMENT BLAME AGILE WHEN THINGS FAIL PEOPLE SAY IT BUT DON’T DO IT
27. WEATHER THE STORM
28. GIVE PEOPLE ROOM TO FAIL HELP OVERCOME FEARS GET TRAINING & PRACTICE BE FULLY COMMITTED
29. THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK 
30. Title slide: http://www.onorbit.com/node/4480 Slide 2 & 3 and this one: Jim Newkirk Slide (bike): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1396641 Slide (fear girl): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1348272 Slide (iceberg): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1253865 Slide (bridge): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1416717 Slide (airplane window): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1230611 & 22 Quote: http://allthingsd.com/20130419/better‐late‐than‐never‐yahoos‐mayer‐final talks‐about‐telecommuting‐kerfuffle/ 21 (Melissa Mayer): http://warptest.com/wp‐content/uploads/2013/02/marissa‐mayer.jp Slide (seal) http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1378485 Snow: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1379780 Lake (jumping in): http://www.sxc.hu/photo/582213 Lips: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1383184 Lightening: Blake J Nolan – BJNART.COM Golden Gate: found online in 2007 Fireworks: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1395844