In this session, I talk about what it entails to embark on a digital transformation, focusing on Lean and Agile cultures. We explore how we can enhance common Agile rituals and gamify them to increase productivity and innovation. We then conduct some experiments and demonstrate the power of gamification.

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OPTIMIZE YOUR RITUALS
Increase Productivity and Innovation using Agility and Gamification
Dr. Gautham Pallapa
Email: gautham.pallapa@gmail.com
Twitter: @gpallapa

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What to expect from this session
Agenda
Increase productivity
and throughput through
gamification
Optimization
Exercises and Examples
Q&A
Open Forum
Interactions
What does it mean?
Transformation
Common Agile rituals
Rituals

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Source: https://tinyurl.com/ya6db7so

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From a Technical
Perspective
From a Monolithic Architecture To a Cloud Native Architecture

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Legacy Systems
Problem

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Transform
Legacy Systems Encapsulated Systems
(Abstracted complexity)
Transformatio
n

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From a Cultural Perspective

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How many people are practicing agility today?
Waterfall Agile

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75%
Accelerate software
delivery
64%
Manage changing
priorities
55%
Increase
productivity
49%
Better Business/IT
alignment
46%
Increased
software quality
Source: https://tinyurl.com/12thagilereport
Reasons for adopting agility

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Source: https://tinyurl.com/12thagilereport
Only 4% of companies use agile practices to enable greater adaptability to
market conditions
But…

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Source: Tyler Jewell - https://tinyurl.com/wso2-fds
Why are we slowing down?

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Source: https://bit.ly/2w8pe6k

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
Cargo Culting

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What can we do to change this?

18. Identify the right change agents
01
Gamify rituals
02
Experiment and innovate
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19. Identify the right change agents
01

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Identify the Right Change Agents to Drive a Cultural Transformation – http://bit.ly/2cNuhg2
Diffusion of Innovation

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Critical Mass
Identify the Right Change Agents to Drive a Cultural Transformation – http://bit.ly/2cNuhg2
Diffusion of Innovation

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Belief in Purpose
How strongly do they believe
in why we are transforming?
2
Commitment
How committed are they in
the success of the team?
3
Builders, not Heroes
Are they firefighters or focus on
long term solutions?
4
Ability to Fail
Can they fail fast, fail often,
and fail cheap? And share
their failure publicly?
5
Intrapreneurship
How comfortable are they with
rapid experimentation and pivoting
fast?
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Technical Attitude
How comfortable are they with
adapting newer technologies,
refactoring, 12 factor apps?
Identifying the right change agents

23. Gamify rituals
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01
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03
04 Retros
Stand-ups
Planning Demos

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Meetings

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POWER
Start
for every meeting
P
Purpose
OOutcomes
WWhat’s in it for me?
EEngage
RRoles &
Responsibilities
Engage with participants with
excitement and passion
Lyssa Adkins and Kat Ferguson – https://tinyurl.com/y94so899

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You create the Container
They create the
Content

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It’s Their Meeting, Not Mine!

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Planning

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Milestone 3
Milestone 4
Milestone 6
Milestone 5
Roadmapping with the team

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Roadmapping with the team

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PMI agile requirements – https://tinyurl.com/productvisionbox

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Four
Volunteers

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Raise your hand if you want to write a question
One of the volunteers will come over to give you a sticky note
and a sharpie
One question per sticky note only
Please be brief
End of Exercise

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Daily Standups

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• Randomize the starting sequence
• Make the person who starts choose the next one
• Personalize stand-ups
• What did you eat for breakfast/dinner
• Share something exciting that happened to you yesterday
• Check-ins
• Describe how you are feeling right now in one word
• What kind of weather resonates with you
• Chant the purpose of the team
What are some unique ways to make stand-ups fun and engaging?
Make Daily Standups fun

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Demos

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Videos FTW

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Retrospectives

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A different take on Retros

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• Emotive
• Sparks conversations after the exercise
• Non-descriptive patterns
• Beneficial when team consists of
introverts
Silent Mind Maps

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The
Power
of
Silence

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Place sticky note above or below existing sticky note
or
Give sticky note to next person and swap two stickies
Once stickies are ordered:
One last time to swap two stickies per person
Quick initial prioritization
Helpful when there are several A type individuals
Enables Introverts to express themselves
Prioritization Bubble Sort

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Lean and Agile

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Hypothesis
Build
Product
Measure
Data
Learn
Build – Measure – Learn

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Requires Planning
KillFill Ins
Quick Wins
Impact Effort Analysis
Low
Effort
High
Effort
High
impact
Low
impact
Impact
Low
High
Effort High

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People
Resources
Rules of the game
Agenda
Introduction
Set the Stage
P. O. W. E. R. Start
Gather Data, Ideas,
Information
Open
Brainstorm and Group
Generate Insights
Healthy Conflicts
Examine and Infer
Hypothesize and Experiment
Explore
Decisions
Actions
Commitments
Conclusions
Target
Outcome
Close
Gamify your meetings for maximum impact – http://bit.ly/2nVCszF
Putting it all together

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Parking Lot

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01
Agenda
Expectation
Set the Stage
Purpose, Outcomes
Engage
POWER
Identify volunteers
Gather data
Generate Insights
Open the World
Conclusions
Wrap-up
Close the World
Success
==
Fulfilled
PurposeRapid sorting of
backlog
Prioritize
Explore the world
Discuss ideas
Explore
Run a rapid
experiment with
data gathered
Experiment
What We Accomplished Today

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How we can help make your journey successful
SERVICES
Work with you and your
leaders
Collaborate with
Solution Experts
Consultation
Perform a value stream
mapping or Agility
Assessment
Assessment
Talk to your executives
and leaders
Presentations

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Thank You
Email: gautham.pallapa@gmail.com
Twitter: @gpallapa
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gpallapa