1. AGILE MINDSET
The Paradigm Shift..!
Taoufik FEKHAR
Agile coach & Consultant
Agile Tour Algiers
2017

2. Big Thanks..

3. Taoufik FEKHAR
Co-founder Agile213.
Agile Coach, Principal Consultant.
Certified: Professional Scrum Master (PSM I),
ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
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5. #Paradigm
Shift
Definition of #Paradigm :
Is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns,
including theories, research methods, postulates, and
standards for what constitutes a field.
#Paradigm Shift :
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
Thomas Kuhn wrote that :”Paradigm shifts
tend to appear in response to the accumulation
of critical anomalies as well as the proposal of a
new theory with the power to encompass both
older relevant data and explain relevant
anomalies.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradig
m#Paradigm_shifts

6. the only constant
in life..?
What is

7. The only constant
in life is : #Change
Heraclitus

8. What about
#change in #work ?
After the #Agricultural_Age (land based)
and the #Industrial_Age (factory based),
#knowledge_workers have become the
largest segment of workforce; they
so-called Third Wave of human
socio-economic development.
In the #Knowledge_Age, #value is
based upon the ownership of knowledge
and the ability to use that knowledge to
create or improve goods and services.
Agile Outside of Software
Mike Griffiths - Leading Answers Blog

9. "Indeed, Drucker had been anticipating
this monumental leap - to an age when
people would generate #value with
their #minds more than with their
muscle - since at least 1959, when in his
book: “Landmarks of Tomorrow” he first
described the rise of “knowledge work.”
What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020
Harvard Business review - October 2014

10. from #Industrial_work
to #Knowledge_work
The most valuable assets of a
20th-century company was its
production equipment.
The most valuable asset of a
21st-century institution (whether
business or nonbusiness) will be its
knowledge workers and their
productivity “Knowledge work”.
Management Challenges for 21st Century
Peter Drucker

11. #Industrial_work
❏ Invisible work / Understand the task
❏ Work is holistic
❏ Work is changing
❏ Continuous innovation
❏ Emphasis is on changing think
❏ Focus on quality
❏ Continuous learn and teach
❏ less structure / more decisions
❏ Focus on the right question
#Knowledge_work
❏ Visible work / Define the task
❏ Work is specialized
❏ Work is stable
❏ Strict standards
❏ Emphasis is on running things
❏ Focus on quantity
❏ Measure to strict standards
❏ More structure / few decisions
❏ Focus on the right answer

12. #Industrial_work #Knowledge_work

13. Work Spectrum
#Industrial_work #Knowledge_work
❏ Exact outcome is #unknowable
in advance.
❏ Outcome based on #intangible,
thoughts, and knowledge.
❏ #Empirical process to realize
outcome.
❏ Exact outcome is #knowable
in advance.
❏ Outcome based on #tangible
and physical components.
❏ #Defined_process to realize
outcome.
Command
&
Control
Inspect
&
Adapt
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

14. What’s the
problem..?

15. It’s all about
#Mindset
Carol Dweck Ph.D

16. Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset
The Agile Mindset - Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

17. #Knowledge_Work is
about #Growth Mindset ❏ Welcome change
❏ Failing early
❏ Learn through discovery
❏ Build in short feedback loops
❏ Small value-add slices
❏ Continuous delivery
❏ Value driven development
❏ Continuous improvement
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

18. , Waterfall)
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

19. It’s like building a
plane,
in the air..!

21. #Agile_Manifesto
Kent Beck
Mike Beedle
Arie van Bennekum
Alistair Cockburn
Ward Cunningham
Martin Fowler
James Grenning
Jim Highsmith
Andrew Hunt
Ron Jeffries
Jon Kern
Brian Marick
Robert C. Martin
Steve Mellor
Ken Schwaber
Jeff Sutherland
Dave Thomas
The Agile Alliance
11/13 Februry 2001, Snowbird , Utah (USA)

22. #Individuals and interactions
#Working software
Customer #collaboration
Responding to #change
processes and tools
comprehensive documentation
contract negotiation
following a plan
over
4 Values of Agile Manifesto:
We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to #value:
That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.

23. ❏ The most efficient and effective method of conveying
information to and within a development team is
face-to-face conversation.
❏ Agile processes promote sustainable development. The
sponsors, developers, and users should be able to
maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
❏ Continuous attention to technical excellence and good
design enhances agility.
❏ Simplicity -the art of maximizing the amount of work not
done- is essential.
❏ The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge
from self-organizing teams.
❏ At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become
more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior
accordingly.
❏ Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through
early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
❏ Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development. Agile processes harness change for the
customer's competitive advantage.
❏ Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of
weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the
shorter timescale.
❏ Business people and developers must work together
daily throughout the project.
❏ Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them
the environment and support they need, and trust them
to get the job done.
❏ Working software is the primary measure of progress.
12 Principles of Agile Manifesto:

24. #Agile_Methodologies

25. Ex: Scrum (2 Weeks Sprint)
❏ Sprint Planning
❏ Daily Standup
❏ Sprint Review
❏ Sprint retrospective
❏ Release Planning
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

26. Ex: Scrum (#Doing vs #Being)
22% of people’s time is
consumed by #Doing
Agile..!
What about the rest?
22%
78%
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

27. What is #Agile ?
❏ #Agile is a mindset
❏ Described by 4 Values
❏ Defined by 12 Principles
❏ Manifested through Unlimited
Practices
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

28. Agile (#Doing vs #Being)
#Doing Agile
Learning the practices and applying
them without know the mindset and
principles to know when to tailor and
how to select the appropriate practices.
#Being Agile
Internalizing the Mindset, values, and
principles then applying the right
practices and tailoring them to different
situations as they arise.
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

29. #Doing Agile
Learning the practices and applying
them without know the mindset and
principles to know when to tailor and
how to select the appropriate practices.
#Being Agile
Internalizing the Mindset, values, and
principles then applying the right
practices and tailoring them to different
situations as they arise.
Adoption
Transformation
Agile (#Doing vs #Being)
The Agile Mindset
Ahmed Sidky, Ph.D

30. #Adoption
is about changing
the #Doing
#Transformation
is about changing
the #Being
Agile
UNTANGLING ADOPTION AND TRANSFORMATION
Mike Cottmeyer - Leading Agile

31. The #Being
is about #Culture
“If you don’t manage #culture,
it manages you, and you may
not even be aware of the extent
to which this is happening.”
Edgar Schein
Professor at MIT School of Management

32. Barriers to #Agile
#Adoption
“Ability to #change the #culture
is the N°1 barrier to further agile
adoption of the past 6 years”
State of Agile Development survey
VersionOne - 2015

33. #Agile_Fundamentales:
#People First
#Self-Organization
#Inspect & Adapt
#Value Driven

34. #People_First
❏ Trust.
❏ Respect.
❏ Safe -to fail- environment.
❏ Transparency.

35. #Self_Organization
❏ Team Based.
❏ Communication.
❏ Visualisation.
❏ Shared understanding.
❏ Collaboration & Collective Intelligence.
❏ Responsibility & Accountability.
❏ Ownership & Commitment.
❏ Facilitation & Servant leadership.

36. #Inspect_&_Adapt
❏ Reality based.
❏ Working in short cycle.
❏ Short feedback loops.
❏ Failing early & learn from fail.
❏ Continuous learning.
❏ Continuous improvement.

37. #Value_Driven
❏ Adaptive Plan.
❏ Iterative Incremental process.
❏ Small value-add slices.
❏ Continuous Value delivery.

38. Shift happens
be #Agile.

39. is simple but it’s not easy
Agile

40. is not what you do is how you do it
Agile

41. is not just about to
do things right
but more importantly
is to do right things
Agile

42. Agile
is
all about Mindset
and People First

43. Malek BENNABI
Vocation de l’islam - 1954 “Il ne s’agit pas d’apprendre à
un peuple des mots et des
slogans, mais des #méthodes
et des #techniques.”

44. Taoufik FEKHAR
Co-founder Agile213.
Agile Coach, Principal Consultant.
Certified: Professional Scrum Master (PSM I),
ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
www.linkedin.com/in/taoufik-fekhar
www.facebook.com/taoufik.fekhar
www.twitter.com/F_Taoufik
f.taoufik@agile213.com
www.facebook.com/Agile213
www.twitter.com/Agile_213
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