from fear to courage
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This is a lecture on the two main drives when assimilating Agile methodology in an organization which was presented by Haim Deutsch, Israel's only Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) as part of AgileTour 2010, an international conference that was organized by Ignite and held in the Computer Science Faculty of the Technion, Israeli leading academic institute for technological studiesTRANSCRIPT
From Fear to Courage
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an Agile Coaching discussion
Written by Haim Deutsch, CST & CSC
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From fear to courage – the atavistic instinct• Fear is a defense mechanism• We were trained to sublimate our fear• We are given price for hearing our fear• We live at the edge of the Chaos
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From fear to courage – The management• Case study#1: bank kick off of Agile
o 13 months to releaseo 100’s man/yearso Big oppositions to migration on mid-
management sideo Fear to miss the deadline
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From fear to courage – The management
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From fear to courage – The management
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From fear to courage – The team leader• Case study #2: big cable TV company
migrationo Roleso Responsibilityo Careero Adequacy
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From fear to courage – The team leader
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From fear to courage – The team leader
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From fear to courage – The team member• Study #3 – Web marketing company
o The company tried during 6 months to implement Agile
o No self-managemento No commitmento No visibility
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From fear to courage – The team member
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From fear to courage – tools
• The main tool to defeat our fear is courage.
• Courage can be learned• Courage can be trained• Courage can move between feels and
will• Forging “team spirit” builds Courage
Questions
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