From Fear to Courage www.agiletour.com 11/11/2010 an Agile Coaching discussion Written by Haim Deutsch, CST & CSC
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From Fear to Courage
www.agiletour.com11/11/2010
an Agile Coaching discussion
Written by Haim Deutsch, CST & CSC
www.agiletour.com11/11/2010
From fear to courage – the atavistic instinct• Fear is a defense mechanism• We were trained to sublimate our fear• We are given price for hearing our fear• We live at the edge of the Chaos
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From fear to courage – The management• Case study#1: bank kick off of Agile
o 13 months to releaseo 100’s man/yearso Big oppositions to migration on mid-
management sideo Fear to miss the deadline
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From fear to courage – The management
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From fear to courage – The management
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From fear to courage – The team leader• Case study #2: big cable TV company
migrationo Roleso Responsibilityo Careero Adequacy
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From fear to courage – The team leader
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From fear to courage – The team leader
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From fear to courage – The team member• Study #3 – Web marketing company
o The company tried during 6 months to implement Agile
o No self-managemento No commitmento No visibility
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From fear to courage – The team member
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From fear to courage – tools
• The main tool to defeat our fear is courage.
• Courage can be learned• Courage can be trained• Courage can move between feels and
will• Forging “team spirit” builds Courage
Questions
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