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Incredible Agile Teams
Ian Hawkins – Siemens Healthcare
September 2016
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A Question..
Which football team is your agile team like?
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What team would you prefer to be like?
England / Portugal / Germany / Iceland?
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Top Teams..
How do you assess how good a team is?
From my experience “Metrics” provide insight, but it is “Characteristics” that make a team great.
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What characterises an incredible agile team?
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Pick..One characteristic of the best agile team you have ever worked with..
Discuss with person next to you..
2 mins
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Results (Thanks for the great input!)
AdaptabilityVersatilityFlow/BuzzEngagedCollaborationConvictionFearlessEmpathySocialize TogetherCollaborativePassionateEager to learnHigh level of communicationBeing NiceHonesty "I'm stuck"Encourage each otherCommunicative
Getting on personallyAble to iterate every 3 days to liveSelf leadership of individualsSolution orientationTrustProduct Proud (less amounts of defects)Working FOR the team, not only with the teamStriving for a common goalCommunication SkillsFunEvery member confident to offer inputWorking well together for the common goalOpen-ness and honestyThe ambition to continuously get betterFrequent and open feedbackTrust and Respect
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9 Characteristics - Siemens Healthcare
Based on last 4 years, UK team working with multiple teams in Europe and India
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Team Balance
Do you have balanced authority, respect and availability across all functions?
Development Architect TestProduct Owner
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Connectivity with others
Who does your team work closely with?
How do you invest in making this work well?
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Team Exchanges
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Feature Sub Teams
Feature 1
Feature 2
Feature 3
X
Popular with management. Does not work, don’t do it!
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Pressure
Project Start
Ideal
Actual
Pressure
Project End
Team member Re-allocated
Scope better understood
Support needed on existing version
Backlog
Feature
Help your team not to over-commit
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Be Brave
Are we building the right thing?
Are we taking on too much?Are we reducing tech debt?
Are we sharing knowledge?
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Resilience
Flexible skills
Team rotation
Can do attitude
Willingness to ask for help
Pair Programming
TDD / Autotests
Team Stability
Most projects have these conditions
X
Networking
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Respect
“A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements”
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Working Together
Increases respect and improves resilience
Mob testing
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Learning
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Morale
Eating together
Col-location
Avoid burnout
Creation of working software
Software craftsmanship
Sharing knowledge
Working environment
Empowerment
Having fun
No poisonous people
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Experience from Siemens Healthcare
Does not come up naturally during standard retrospectives..
Important Characteristics of an Incredible Agile Team
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A Standup..
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Resources
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The Team Journey..
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You can make a difference as to how incredible your
team is..
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Thanks!