GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018

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1 1 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018

2 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Who is This Guy? Daniel Mezick An organizer of Agile Boston 13 years coaching Scrum & Agile Author of 3 books: The Culture Game The OpenSpace Agility Handbook Inviting Leadership: Invitation-Based Change in the New World of Work

3 3 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018 Inviting Leadership Book Publishes December You can investigate sample Chapters via

4 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum? (READY ==> DONE) READY: adjective, read i er, read i est. completely prepared or in fit condition, for immediate action or use

5 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum Question: How READY was your organization for what happened after your Agile transformation started?

6 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum The Product Owner is one person, not a committee

7 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum Quick Activity: PART 1 Find someone NOT in your organization Ask them about this issue, scale it 1 to 10, then your turn: you answer it. The Product Owner is one person, not a committee

8 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum For the Product Owner to be successful, *everyone* in the organization must respect his or her *decisions*.

9 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum Quick Activity: PART2 Find someone NOT in your organization Ask them about this issue, scale it 1 to 10, then your turn: you answer it. For the Product Owner to be successful, *everyone* in the organization must respect his or her *decisions*.

10 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum: The Checklist Find a definition for Scrum and use it consistently GUIDANCE: Scrum is described in the Scrum Guide. THAT description is the Scrum definition Socialize it with Execs, Stakeholders, Teams Surface objections and address

11 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum: Common Problems No time to socialize the Scrum Guide; we must transform the org immediately! Culture does not support open discussion of objections (fear) Scrum is only for the Engineers Top executive is too busy with business Objections not addressed

12 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for Scrum: Common Problems No admitting that enterprise transformation is impossible without leadership group transformation first No realization that people with authority are the ones that can and will block

13 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Scrum is a Game:

14 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM SCRUM is a Decision-Making Framework. It changes HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE. Do you really think those making decisions today are happy with the NEW DECISION MAKING rules of Scrum that now exclude them?

15 15 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018 Kanban: Same thing. RULES on Decisions and how they are made

16 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Business Agility Transformation: If there is no change in in the way decisions get made (for example who, what and when) then There is absolutrely no transformation of anything at all! Scrum is a plan for the governance of DECISIONS

17 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Business Agility Transformation: Typically, the biggest clog impeding the flow of value is. THE WAY DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE The real issue is WHO is authorized to make WHAT decisions Scrum & Kanban are VERY clear on this You need AGREEMENTS on decision making protocols

18 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Agreements Word definitions: Agile, Scrum, Kanban Agreement on rules, by and between Executives, Directors and Managers All other stakeholders Teams, SMs, POs If I never agreed explicitly to the rule, you cannot hold me to it!

19 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Checking Everything Off to DONE AGREE ON 3 Word definitions: Agile, Scrum, Kanban AGREE ON 3 sets of rules: Manifesto. Scrum Guide. Kanban (if using that) AGREE with Executives, Directors and Managers All other stakeholders Teams, SMs, POs 2 X 3 X 3 = 18 things to do

20 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Good Games Have: Goals Rules A way to track feedback Opt-in participation Forcing Scrum. Dumb idea!

21 21 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018 Promise Theory: Designing Systems for Cooperation

22 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Promise Theory Promises expose information that is relevant to an expected outcome more directly than impositions because they always focus on the point of causation: the agent that makes the promise is responsible for keeping it. Page 3

23 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Promise Theory Why is a promise better than a command? Why a promise? Why not an obligation, command or requirement? In Promise Theory, these latter things are called impositions because they impose intentions onto others without an invitation. Page 3

24 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Promise Theory So: why is a promise better than a command? A promise expresses intent about the end point, or ultimate outcome, instead of indicating what to do at the starting point promising the end point is independent of your current state of affairs. Page 3

25 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Promise vs Guarantee In the real world, guarantees can be hard to come by (except for death, taxes) A promise is not a guarantee A promise is a statement of intent

26 26 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM 2018 Botched Agile: No up-front agreements

27 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Quotes: We weren t being inclusive - particularly with that group, which is a critical group for success. You were either inside that room as I was - warm and cozy in the driver s seat, - or you were outside, and fearful, particularly in upper and middle management because those were the ones that had the most to lose.

28 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM READY for {Agile, Scrum, Kanban} Two (2) things to socialize: Definition of Three (3) TERMS that describe RULES With Three (3) constituencies: Executives & Managers All other Stakeholders Teams and Facilitators End result: Agreement on Word definitions & RULES

29 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Easiest Way to Get Agreement?

30 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Easiest Way to Get Agreement: Ask for less!

31 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Easiest Way to Get Agreement: Ask for less! Timebox by time Commited Experimentation

32 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Easiest Way to Get Agreement: Ask for less! Timebox by time Commited Experimentation Then INSPECT RESULTS & Pivot!! This is using agile idea to *implement* agile. Anything less is just SUB optimal

33 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM What Are We Afraid Of? Surfacing Objections Processing Objections Awkward Conversations Org isn t READY Maybe it s NOT as easy as it looks

34 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Scrum is A GAME Good games have opt-in participation Games have RULES Games have GOALS All player *do* need to agree to both

35 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM What Happens Next? Next Steps Everyone gets the READY FOR AGILE checklist Take a look at INVITINGLEADERSHIP.com Go to the Inviting Leadership Workshop After lunch Ask me *anything* by anytime: dan@newtechusa.net

36 GIVE THANKS FOR SCRUM Questions Now Q&A on anything Inviting Leadership Workshop After LUNCH Check: