Presentation from Optional Conference (Budapest). Some agile transitions fail due to the mindset of the people affected by the change. Your mindset is characterized by how you answer these three questions: 1) What do you believe about people?; 2) How should social systems be organized?; 3) Who is our customer? See more at: http://flaviusstef.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/is-your-mindset-blocking-your-agile-transformation/

1. MINDSET the biggest
barrier to agility
Flavius Stef, Mozaic Works

2. □ Why transformations fail
□ Traditional Mindset
□ Agile Mindset
□ Change Your Mindset

3. ?
Did you go/Are you going
through an
agile transformation?

4. Sometimes it...
just works!

5. Other times...

6. “I estimate that 75% of those organizations
using Scrum will not succeed in getting the
benefits that they hope for from it.”

7. Cargo Cult
much?

8. ? Studied the Agile Manifesto?

9. individuals andindividuals and
interactionsinteractions
workingworking
softwaresoftware
respondingresponding
to changeto change
satisfy thesatisfy the
customercustomer
motivatedmotivated
individualsindividuals
face-to-faceface-to-face
conversationconversation
constantconstant
pacepace
self-organizingself-organizing
teamsteams

10. Three root theories
People – Systems – Customer

11. Traditional
People Systems Customer
Agile

12. ▣ Why transformations fail
□ Traditional Mindset
□ Agile Mindset
□ Change Your Mindset

13. What do you believe about people?
performance review – extrinsic rewards
skills-based hiring – ignore needs
lazy control no ambition blame

14. How should we design systems?
hierarchy – one-way reporting
organize by function – high WIP
sum of parts resources strategy at top ladder

15. Who is our customer?
projects – budgets
utilization targets – firefighting
predictability efficiency utilization short term

16. ▣ Why transformations fail
▣ Traditional Mindset
□ Agile Mindset
□ Change Your Mindset

17. What do you believe about people?
empower – self-organize – engage
attitude-based hiring – attend to needs
passionate mean well trust attend to needs

18. How should we design systems?
network of peers – transparency
cross-functional – long-lived teams
interactions no waste see whole adjust to env.

19. Who is our customer?
flow – quality
iterate – customer champion
external discover adapt cust. value

20. ▣ Why transformations fail
▣ Traditional Mindset
▣ Agile Mindset
□ Change Your Mindset

21. ? 1, 2, 4

22. Beliefs, Goals,
Values
Actions Results
Single Loop Learning
Double Loop Learning

23. Things to Try
Investigate the agile mindset:
values, principles
Compare the agile mindset
with your own
Run an experiment using a
different theory
When a problem occurs use
the 5 Whys
Team rule: respectful
criticism

24. In a nutshell
▣ Why transformations fail
▣ Traditional Mindset
▣ Agile Mindset
▣ Change Your Mindset

25. @FlaviusStef
flaviusstef.wordpress.com
slideshare.net/fstef
What do you believe about people?
How should systems be organized?
Who is your customer?
THANK YOU!

26. Attributions
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Cover photo: https://flic.kr/p/7c9zLD
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Team designed by Luke Anthony Firth from the Noun Project
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Network designed by Jerry Wang from the Noun Project
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Entrance designed by José Campos from the Noun Project
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Hierarchy designed by Murali Krishna from the Noun Project
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Surveillance designed by Luis Prado from the Noun Project
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Notepad designed by Darren Barone from the Noun Project
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Cars: https://flic.kr/p/384Epw and https://flic.kr/p/bDpzoC
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Cargo Cult: https://flic.kr/p/bwXYfa