1. Turning into an Agile Engineering Manager
Debashis Banerjee
(deba_ban_2000@yahoo.com)
2012 September

2. 1902 or 2012?
Are we all variations of Rodin’s Thinker
VersionOne 2011 Stage of Agile Survey says:
“64% of Agile Champions are in the
Management layer”
In larger companies (>500 people)
•27% said lack of management support
•26% said “general resistance to change”
were major barriers to agile adoption.
This drops to 10% in smaller companies

3. Who is an Agile Engineering Manager
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/06/gary-kirsten-south-africa-coach http://www.itsonlycricket.com/entry/548/ http://cricblitz.blogspot.com/2011/02/2011-cricket-world-cup-word-from.html

4. Today’s Agenda
 Arm yourself with The 4 Is and 3 Ps
 Scenario Walkthrough; Leveraging the 4Is and
3 Ps in agile (Scrum)
 Separation Anxiety
 Extinction Anxiety
 UN-Certainity
 xe-NO-phobia
 A “?” on every face
 Changing Lanes
 Agile Behaviors managers can support

5. Arming yourself with the 4 Is
4Is
http://www.questforanewperspective.com/personal-development/who-do-you-influence/

6. Learn the 3 Ps and apply the 4Is
 People - Who are the people doing it?
 Project - When and How are they doing it?
 Product - How is it built?
Now Leverage the 3 Ps above using the 4 Is
EM
4Is
:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/doc/do-young-people-prefer-print-marketi http://www.bestlogcabinhomes.com/how-to-build-a-log-cabin.html ng/1651

7. “Agile EM” Scenario Walkthroughs
Agile Methodology assumed
Scrum with 2 week sprints in a cross functional team
Scrum Team - Cross Functional Product Owners
Dev/QE/Service Engg) Engineering Manager
External Scrum teams Other company stakeholders
Scrum Master (Directors/CEO/VPs)

8. Scenario 1: Separation Anxiety
One of the key members of the team decides to leave
or has to be let go? The team member is handling
critical sprint deliverables

9. Scenario 2 : Extinction Anxiety
The scrum team is informed that the product has to be
scrapped in the middle of the sprint?
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/172706/enlarge

10. Scenario 3 : UN…Certainity
The scrum team is informed the company will be
acquired but is in the middle of a major product?
http://despair.com/acquisition.html

11. Scenario 4 : xe-NO-phobia?
(Fear of Strangers) You are a single location team but
now with new members across multiple geo locations
and also an outsourced vendor?
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/148945/a-z-same-word-or-almost-the-same-both-languages

12. Scenario 5 : A “?” On every face
The product has no concrete roadmap and product
owner appears disengaged and scrum team is not
happy
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/redir/PN000064365.aspx?lc=en%2DUS&CTT=102&qu=road&xc=MP900438811&Origin=MP900438811

13. Scenario 6 : Changing Lanes
The technology stack needs to be changed
http://www.drivingschool.ca/drivereducation/page6.html

14. Agile Behaviors to support!
 People:
 People own backlogs as “Team” not function
 Team pick their own tasks
 Cross functional team members are open and give ongoing
peer feedback and use retrospectives effectively
 Product
 The product is built right in iterations
 PO can release product versions at sprints if needed
 Project:
 Product owner sets backlog priority and changes
 Timelines are committed by team
 There is a single backlog

15. And finally……
INFLUENCE
THE 4 Is PEOPLE
•Intention
INTUTION THE 3 Ps
•Intuition PROJECT
•People
•Influence
INTENTION •Project
•Intervention PRODUCT
•Product
INTERVENTION