becoming an effective agile leader
DESCRIPTION
Most of today’s leaders did not “grow up” in Agile development shops. For so many of us, we were raised on waterfall, spent most of our years as a developer in this model, and we now lead a team of developers/testers/etc. in a process that we never worked in. Does that mean we can’t do it effectively and efficiently? Absolutely not! However, it isn’t easy. Many of the tried-and-true techniques your bosses taught you need to be “tweaked” a bit in order to ensure that YOU don’t unknowingly undermine everything you and your team are working towards in trying to be Agile.TRANSCRIPT
Intro
Shift Your Role
Failure
Hiring/Management Tips
Q/A
Who is this guy anyways?
Engineering Manager & Agile Coach for Teradata’s Applications Engineering Division
Agilized in 2007 & never looked back
Co-host bi-weekly Agile podcast (www.meta-cast.com)
Three large-scale transitions
.Net/SQL development background
Intro
Shift Your Role
Failure
Hiring/Management Tips
Q/A
Why are you calling me a chicken?
Doesn’t the Agile Manifesto tell me what to do?
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Product Owner
Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master
Hey, where do I fit in?
Product Owner
Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master
You are here
Product Owner
Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master
You are here
Observe & Redirect
Trust the basics
Enable “try it” attitude
Competency is key (the 3 C’s)
Intro
Shift Your Role
Failure
Hiring/Management Tips
Q/A
Enable Effective Failure
Implies learning
Keep an eye on broken windows
Supportand redirect, don’t drive
Allow struggles…
… but not catastrophes!
Delicate Balance
Develops Ownership
Keep Feedback Loops Short
Intro
Shift Your Role
Failure
Hiring/Management Tips
Q/A
How do I hire for Agile?
Can you talk to them?
Impossible question
How do they define agile?
Applied intelligence
Applying Agile in Management
Meet early and often - Team & Individual
Treat each month as a sprint - Plan & Retro
Stay in touch with your team
Intro
Shift Your Role
Failure
Hiring/Management Tips
Q/A
How to track me down after you walk out that door…
• Personal– Email: [email protected]– Website: www.TheREALJoshAnderson.com– Twitter: @nosrednAhsoJ
• Podcast – Website: www.meta-cast.com– Twitter: @MetaHyphenCast