Culture Matters - Speaker Deck

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CULTURE MATTERS AND YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT IT @Kinisoftware [email protected]

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT DOGMAS

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT DOGMAS

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT VALUES

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT… VALUES PRINCIPLES PRACTICES AGILE MANIFESTO

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT… VALUES PRINCIPLES PRACTICES AGILE MANIFESTO

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AGILE IS ALL ABOUT… VALUES PRINCIPLES PRACTICES AGILE MANIFESTO 4 12 N

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CULTURE IS ALL ABOUT…

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CULTURE IS ALL ABOUT… … FROM WIKIPEDIA ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE VALUES, BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS AND IS A PRODUCT OF SUCH FACTORS AS HISTORY, PRODUCT, MARKET, TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY, TYPE OF EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT STYLE, AND NATIONAL CULTURE; CULTURE INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION'S VISION, VALUES, NORMS, SYSTEMS, SYMBOLS, LANGUAGE, ASSUMPTIONS, BELIEFS, AND HABITS.

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CULTURE IS ALL ABOUT… … FROM WIKIPEDIA ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IS AN EMERGENCE – AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX INCALCULABLE STATE THAT RESULTS FROM THE COMBINATION OF A FEW SIMPLE INGREDIENTS. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE REPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE VALUES, BELIEFS AND PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS AND IS A PRODUCT OF SUCH FACTORS AS HISTORY, PRODUCT, MARKET, TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY, TYPE OF EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT STYLE, AND NATIONAL CULTURE; CULTURE INCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION'S VISION, VALUES, NORMS, SYSTEMS, SYMBOLS, LANGUAGE, ASSUMPTIONS, BELIEFS, AND HABITS.

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CULTURE IS ALL ABOUT VALUES

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WEAK CULTURE WHERE THERE IS LITTLE ALIGNMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES, AND CONTROL MUST BE EXERCISED THROUGH EXTENSIVE PROCEDURES AND BUREAUCRACY.

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STRONG CULTURE IS SAID TO EXIST WHERE STAFF RESPOND TO STIMULUS BECAUSE OF THEIR ALIGNMENT TO ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES. IN SUCH ENVIRONMENTS, STRONG CULTURES HELP FIRMS OPERATE LIKE WELL-OILED MACHINES, ENGAGING IN OUTSTANDING EXECUTION WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO EXISTING PROCEDURES AS NEEDED.

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CULTURE VALUES

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CULTURE VALUES

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CULTURE VALUES ๏INDIVIDUALS AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS. ๏WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION. ๏CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. ๏RESPONDING TO CHANGE OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN. AGILE

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๏COMMUNICATION ๏SIMPLICITY ๏FEEDBACK ๏COURAGE ๏RESPECT XP CULTURE VALUES ๏INDIVIDUALS AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS. ๏WORKING SOFTWARE OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION. ๏CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. ๏RESPONDING TO CHANGE OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN. AGILE

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CULTURE VALUES EVERYONE IS PART OF THE TEAM AND WE COMMUNICATE FACE TO FACE DAILY COMMUNICATION

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CULTURE VALUES EVERYONE IS PART OF THE TEAM AND WE COMMUNICATE FACE TO FACE DAILY COMMUNICATION WE WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED AND ASKED FOR, BUT NO MORE SIMPLICITY

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CULTURE VALUES EVERYONE IS PART OF THE TEAM AND WE COMMUNICATE FACE TO FACE DAILY COMMUNICATION WE WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED AND ASKED FOR, BUT NO MORE SIMPLICITY WE DEMONSTRATE OUR SOFTWARE EARLY AND OFTEN THEN LISTEN FEEDBACK WE TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT PROGRESS & ESTIMATES. NO ONE EVER WORKS ALONE COURAGE

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DAILY CULTURE, DAILY PRACTICES

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PRACTICES ๏ Vision ๏ Ubiquitous language ๏ Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? ๏ On-house customer / Project Manager ๏ Reporting ๏ [Don’t blame|Don’t take decisions] till you have all the information you can DON’T BLAME & CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT & ROOT-CAUSES ANALYSIS

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PRACTICES Don’t blame REPEAT WITH ME: Tomorrow it may be you

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PRACTICES ๏ Put as many of team members in one room as possible ๏ Sit closer people that will interact more with each other ๏ A person should be able to walk into your project space and get a very clear sense of what you are working on and where you are up to. ๏ Keep the team focused on what they are they to do ๏ Trust SIT TOGETHER* & INFORMATIVE WORKSPACE * I HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE WORKING REMOTELY

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PRACTICES Trust REPEAT WITH ME:

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PRACTICES ๏ Users / Customers ๏ Product Managers ๏ Tech Leads / Scrum Masters ๏ UX ๏ Designers ๏ Programmers NO HEROES

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PRACTICES NO HEROES ZERO Trust me, you don’t want heroes REPEAT WITH ME:

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PRACTICES ๏ Daily / Bi-weekly / Quarter meeting ๏ Planning game ๏ Small releases ๏ Retrospectives ๏ Try, tune, adapt and break the rules WORKING CYCLES & AGILE LITURGIES

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PRACTICES Try, tune, adapt and break the rules REPEAT WITH ME:

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PRACTICES ๏ Communities of practices ๏ Share knowledge ๏ Side projects ๏ Give <3 to your code ๏ Energized work LEARNING & SLACK

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PRACTICES That programmer is a person That designer is also a person Even that product manager is Wait! C’s are also people REPEAT WITH ME:

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PRACTICES CODING PRACTICES (1/2) ๏ Code and tests guideline standards ๏ Technical debt ๏ Pair programming/Code reviews ๏ Code collective ownership ๏ Documentation

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PRACTICES ๏ Automatization & CI & CD ๏ Knowing and mastering your tools ๏ Incremental design ๏ That code you just saw is also your responsibility ๏ Improve your code is up to you CODING PRACTICES (2/2)

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PRACTICES Be pragmatic Be a good boy scout Keep your axe sharp Raise the bar REPEAT WITH ME: