Five Reasons Teams Struggle with Agile Projects
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Teams struggle getting agile projects off the ground every day. Here are five things to consider if your team needs a boost.
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Teams Struggle With Agile Projects
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Pete Frey has 23+ years of experience in information technology. His career has taken him from network operations and application development to project management and methodologies (and a many places in between). Pete is a fan of agility and lean thinking and how psychology plays a leading, but often ignored, role in every development effort.
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if this is youragile team
and they make
you feel like this
here are five
things you
need to know
here are five
things you
need to know
right now!
#1 Motivation
87%of employees are disengagedworldwide
Gallup, State of the Global Workplace Report, 2013
is your team motivated?
“management wants agile”
“what’s the point”
“this is a waste of time”
“we tried before, it didn’t work”
“no one listens to us”
motivate your team
creative
valuableengaged
persistent
inspire motivation understand what motivates people challenge according to motivations engage people’s interests allow greater levels of autonomy encourage fun, friendly competition recognize genuinely and publicly
#2 Complacency
32%think IT should identify and nurture innovation2013 KPMG Technology Innovation Survey
is your team complacent?
“agile won’t work here”
“we have real work to do”
“we can’t because…”
“you don’t understand”
“too hard”
“it’s not that simple”
instill a sense of urgency
determineddriven to
win
ready for actioninnovative
responsive
encourage urgency exhibit a sense of urgency yourself encourage the team to act reward urgency showcase progress deal with skeptics and complacency don’t mistake urgency for emergency
#3 Strategy
does your agile team have a
strategy?
“where do we begin?”
“how do we get an agile project started?”
“who fills which roles?”
“we can’t change everything?”
“what if we fail?”
“what about status reporting?
“will this work with enterprise processes?
define an agile strategy
agreeable shared vision
common goalsstart faster, progress quicker
collaborative
stakeholders must agree on strategy too
Agile Plan
define strategy keep it simple include the right decision makers include team members establish vision and goals identify important milestones make high level plans get agreement
#4 Training
has your team been
trained for
success?
“how do you test?”
“what is a user story?”
“is there a release after each iteration?”
“what does the PM do?”“do we still need
BAs?”
“how do you estimate?”
“1,2,3,5,8,13 ?!?!?!?”
“epic?”
yes, individualsneed training
but teams need training too
performing
cohesive
effective
synchronized
competent
managers need training to lead agile teams too
Leading Agile Teams
offer training train individuals in areas of expertise train teams in team based activities basic training before strategy in-depth training after strategy train mangers to lead agile teams
#5 Support
does your team get the support they
need?
less than10%of budgets are allocated to emerging technologies
- KPMG, 2014
support your agile team
coaching
management
tool
s
processes
support your team put up or shut up supply coaches coach techniques and change obtain necessary tools lean perspective on processes lead, inspire, motivate
5 Reasons Recap
Motivation Complacency Strategy Training Support
http://psychology.about.com/od/mindex/g/motivation-definition.htm
Resourceshttp://psychology.about.com/od/motivation/f/intrinsic-motivation.htm
http://psychology.about.com/od/eindex/f/extrinsic-motivation.htm
http://psychology.about.com/od/motivation/f/overjustification-effect.htm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2012/07/28/many-confuse-sense-of-urgency-with-sense-of-emergency/
http://www.kotterinternational.com/our-principles/urgency
http://www.versionone.com/pdf/AgileCheckList.pdf
Delise, L., et al, (2010), The Effects of Team Training on Team Outcomes: A Meta-Analysishttp://cgorman6.asp.radford.edu/Delise%20et%20al%202010.pdf
Aguinis, H. & Kraiger, K., (2009), Benefits of Training and Development for Individuals and Teams, Organizations, and Society, Annual Review of Psychology, 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163505http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ajv2/courses/12a_psyc630001/Aguinis%20%26%20Kraiger%20(2009)%20ARP.pdf
http://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/july/the-manager-s-role-in-agile
http://www.cio.com/article/741456/Why_You_May_Need_an_Agile_Coach_Whatever_One_Is_
http://www.coachfederation.org/need/landing.cfm?ItemNumber=978&navItemNumber=567
http://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/july/the-manager-s-role-in-agile
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