Sweet Teams

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Sweet Teams

Agile Evangelist and Change Artist

Vineesh U Sathianathan


Agenda

Sweet framework

What makes a team, work!!


Where are we going?

• G&O Setting by individuals

themselves

• Clearly defining expectations,

excellence criteria

• Defining sync ups for feedback

• Avoiding surprise factors

• G&O Setting by individuals

themselves

• Clearly defining expectations,

excellence criteria

• Defining sync ups for feedback

• Avoiding surprise factors

• Clear alignment on customer

needs and expectations

• Shared high level release plans

• Collaboration with customer on

ensuring ZERO gaps

• Clear alignment on customer

needs and expectations

• Shared high level release plans

• Collaboration with customer on

ensuring ZERO gaps


How do we reach there?

• Clear plan for iteration and releases

• Focus to reduce on lead time/cycle

time

• Clear priority defined for each item

• Vertical integration to avoid integration

challenges

• Clear plan for iteration and releases

• Focus to reduce on lead time/cycle

time

• Clear priority defined for each item

• Vertical integration to avoid integration

challenges


Are we making progress?

• Using visual board

• Activity based update from

individuals

• Using visual board

• Activity based update from

individuals

• Clear owner for each

impediment Initial action within

first 3 hours

• Resolve within in 24 hours

• Issue related to infrastructure,

skillset, trainings, risk plans etc

taken up

• Clear owner for each

impediment Initial action within

first 3 hours

• Resolve within in 24 hours

• Issue related to infrastructure,

skillset, trainings, risk plans etc

taken up


How is the progress?

• Demonstrate to stakeholders

• Take feedback on what is

working or not working as per

expectation

• Demonstrate to stakeholders

• Take feedback on what is

working or not working as per

expectation

• Enable continuous improvement

• Different approaches to keep

retrospectives interesting

• Enable continuous improvement

• Different approaches to keep

retrospectives interesting

• Understand how happy team

members are @ work

• 1-on-1’s scheduled and actions

taken on concern areas

• Understand how happy team

members are @ work

• 1-on-1’s scheduled and actions

taken on concern areas


Something is missing


The one thing that bonds the team


Connecting the dots


A Sweet team


Thank You !!!Vineesh U SathianathanAgile Evangelist and Change Artist

[email protected]

blogs @ http://elegantvie.in

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