Identification and discussion of the four critical traits for successful leadership of change in the new world of Agile. Presented at LAST Conference 1st July 2016. Enjoy!

2. LEADING
PROJECTS WITH
AGILE Emma Sharrock
June 2016
@emmawhitecat

3. THE
JOURNEY
CONTINUES...
ABOUT ME
@emmawhitecat

4. THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
FROM
Large
projects
Temporary
project
teams
Is
the
project
finished?
Detailed
up-­‐front
requirements
Detailed
sign-­‐offs
Individual
effort
Lengthy
8me
periods
Top-­‐down
decision
making
TO
Small
units
of
value
Long
lived
feature
teams
When
will
the
customer
see
the
first
piece
of
value?
‘Just
enough’
to
start
work
Short
experiments
CollaboraEon
Short
8me
boxes
Accountability
‘closest
to
the
work’
@emmawhitecat

5. THE AGILE MANIFESTO…
Formalised
by
a
group
of
soEware
development
experts
in
2001…
“We
are
uncovering
be/er
ways
of
developing
so7ware
by
doing
it
and
helping
others
do
it.
Through
this
work
we
have
come
to
value:
Individuals
and
interac?ons
over
processes
and
tools
Working
soCware
over
comprehensive
documenta?on
Customer
collabora?on
over
contract
nego?a?on
Responding
to
change
over
following
a
plan.
That
is,
while
there
is
value
in
the
items
on
the
right,
we
value
the
items
on
the
le7
more”
@emmawhitecat

6. THE AGILE MANIFESTO…
Formalised
by
a
group
of
soEware
development
experts
in
2001…
“We
are
uncovering
be/er
ways
of
developing
soCware
by
doing
it
and
helping
others
do
it.
Through
this
work
we
have
come
to
value:
Individuals
and
interac?ons
over
processes
and
tools
Working
soCware
over
comprehensive
documenta?on
Customer
collabora?on
over
contract
nego?a?on
Responding
to
change
over
following
a
plan.
That
is,
while
there
is
value
in
the
items
on
the
right,
we
value
the
items
on
the
le7
more”
WORKING
OUTCOMES
Ref:
The
Agile
Contact
Centre,
Nofuentes,
2016
@emmawhitecat

7. AGILE PRINCIPLES
Our
highest
priority
is
to
saEsfy
the
customer
through
early
and
con8nuous
delivery
of
valuable
soEware.
Welcome
changing
requirements,
even
late
in
development.
Agile
processes
harness
change
for
the
customer's
compe88ve
advantage.
Deliver
working
soWware
frequently,
from
a
couple
of
weeks
to
a
couple
of
months,
with
a
preference
to
the
shorter
Emescale.
Business
people
and
developers
must
work
together
daily
throughout
the
project.
Build
projects
around
moEvated
individuals.
Give
them
the
environment
and
support
they
need,
and
trust
them
to
get
the
job
done.
The
most
efficient
and
effecEve
method
of
conveying
informa8on
to
and
within
a
development
team
is
face-­‐to-­‐face
conversaEon.
Working
soWware
is
the
primary
measure
of
progress.
Agile
processes
promote
sustainable
development.
The
sponsors,
developers,
and
users
should
be
able
to
maintain
a
constant
pace
indefinitely.
ConEnuous
a]enEon
to
technical
excellence
and
good
design
enhances
agility.
Simplicity-­‐-­‐the
art
of
maximizing
the
amount
of
work
not
done-­‐-­‐is
essenEal.
The
best
architectures,
requirements,
and
designs
emerge
from
self-­‐organizing
teams.
At
regular
intervals,
the
team
reflects
on
how
to
become
more
effec8ve,
then
tunes
and
adjusts
its
behaviour
accordingly.

8. COMMON MYTHS
• Agile
=
Scrum
• Agile
means
we
don’t
have
a
plan
• Agile
doesn’t
need
Project
Managers
• Agile
means
no
documenta8on
• Agile
means
no
tes8ng
(except
in
Produc8on)
• Agile
means
we
stand
up
all
the
8me*
8
*
partly
true,
sorry…

9. 4 CRITICAL TRAITS…
1. Ability
to
COPE
WITH
AMBIGUITY
and
uncertainty
2. A
sense
of
CURIOSITY
3. Ability
to
DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS
4. A
focus
on
TRANSPARENCY
Ref:
The
Heart
of
Agile,
Cockburn,
2016
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10. TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST
COLLABORATION
builds
trust
Agile
tools
&
CEREMONIES
“OUR
TASKS”
–
shared
accountability
TALKING
to
each
other
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11. DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY
Have
a
CLEAR
VISION
–
personally
and
professionally
Become
COMFORTABLE
with
being
uncomfortable
Develop
CERTAINTY
in
other
areas
of
life
WEIGH
UP
probabili8es
‘Let
it
go’
and
just
DELIVER
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12. BEING CURIOUS
“If
you’re
not
green
and
growing,
you’re
ripe
and
roKng”
–
Tony
Robbins
Take
8me
to
reflect
Develop
empathy
Behavioural
flexibility
Be
curious,
not
angry
@emmawhitecat

13. IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS!
“The
deeper
your
rela?onships,
the
stronger
your
leadership”
–
Robin
Sharma
TOOLS:
Win/Lose
Commitment
Chart
Law
of
Distributed
Innova8on
Small
wins
Know
yourself
@emmawhitecat

14. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
• What
trait
could
you
focus
on
for
the
next
few
weeks?
• What
outcomes
could
you
achieve
as
a
result?
@emmawhitecat

15. KEEP IN TOUCH!
Find
me
on
the
Interwebs:
www.theagileprojectmanager.com.au
emma@theagileprojectmanager.com.au
@emmawhitecat
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the
book
for
you
and
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friends:
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