Free? Is anything free these days? Based on her experience working with organizational leaders and her research into what drives organizational performance, Pollyanna Pixton shares six ideas—and the keys to their effective implementation—to help assure the success of your agile teams. As a bonus, her suggestions won’t cost you a thing. Pollyanna’s first free idea is how to create a culture of trust—the keystone of open collaboration—within your team and organization. The second free idea is about ownership—how to give it and not take it back. Third is empowering teams to make decisions by helping them understand and internalize the project and product’s purpose and value. Number four—you can only fix processes, not people. Invest your energy toward the correct target. Idea five is to match people’s roles to their passion. Her final free idea is that integrity matters most. Explore with Pollyanna why each of these ideas is important and how you can adopt them on your agile team.
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TM Half‐day Tutorial 6/4/2013 1:00 PM
"Six Free Ideas to Improve Agile Success"
Presented by:
Pollyanna Pixton Accelinnova
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Pollyanna Pixton Accelinnova
An international leadership expert, Pollyanna Pixton developed the models for collaboration and collaborative leadership through her thirty-eight years of working inside and consulting with many organizations. She helps companies create workplaces where talent and innovation are unleashed—making them more productive, efficient, and profitable. Pollyanna is a founding partner of Accelinnova, president of Evolutionary Systems, and director of the Institute for Collaborative Leadership. She writes and speaks on topics of creating cultures of trust, leading collaboration, and business ethics. Her models are found in her book, Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility. Pollyanna co-founded the Agile Leadership Network and has chaired Leadership Summits in the US and England. Contact her at [email protected].
six free ideas to
improveagile success
Pollyanna PIXTONCo-Founder, Accelinnova
President, Evolutionary SystemsDirector, Institute of Collaborative Leadership
Agile Defined…
Agile Manifesto
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do itsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive docsCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation R di t hResponding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do itsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive docsCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation R di t hResponding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
Customer SatisfactionEmbrace and welcome changeDeliver working software frequentlyBusiness people and developers work together dailyBuild projects around motivated individuals. Support and trust them.Face-to-face communication is best
Agile Principles (cont.)
Working software is measure of progressSustainable development with a consistent paceAttention to technical excellenceSimplicity is essential Best designs and requirements emerge from self-organized teamsTeam reflects regularly on how to improve
Overview
1. Trust2. Give Ownership3. Teams Make
Decisions 4. Fix Processes5 Ri ht P l5. Right People6. Integrity Matters
Trust
trust
Trust
how do youhow do youdefine trust?
Unleashing Innovationwhy is
trust important?Collaboration Process
trust important?
the data …
2004-2008: high trust companies out perform low trustout perform low trust companies by 43%
add 2009: high trust companies
t f l t t
- Great Place to Work
out perform low trust companies by 126%
trust companies double performance over S&P for 10 yearsover S&P for 10 years
- Great Place to Work
high trust companies out perform low trust
- Watson Wyatt study
pcompanies by 300%
transaction costs
Transaction Costs
self protection
repairp
broken
trust?
other price tags?
Project Management
Change Management
how can leaders help teams build Trust?Change Management
Project Management
Dependency Management
remove debilitating Fear
Dependency Management
i ll b ti lin collaboration, people fear …
- Warren BennisBeyond Bureaucracy
losingg
identity
losing
intellectual mastery
losing
individualismindividualism
Leadership Role
dWhat can leaders do?
losingg
identity
losing
intellectual mastery
losing
individualismindividualism
h t th f dwhat other fears do people have?
Leadership Role
dWhat can leaders do?
Unleashing Innovation
group andCollaboration Processprioritize
Exercise
What are the top fears in list?What are the top fears in list?Divide by 3 and round upEveryone votes by raising handWork in groups on top threeReport outReport out
fostering
trusttrust
advance each other’s intentions
and interests
don’t impede them
be proactive in imoving work
forward
create transparency
Project Management
Focus, Communication, and Expectation
honest and opencommunication
Focus, Communication, and Expectation Management
Build the right product
share
experiences
team to team trust…
“a mega team”
validate othersvalidate others
accept risks collectively
leadership role ?p
Leading Agile
Collaboration Model
team basedmeasurements
Collaboration ModelCollaboration Process
people do what they are
measuredby
resultsmeasure results
let
teamsevaluate
themselves
build
confidenceconfidence
short iterations … early wins
Collaboration Model
celebrate success !
Project Management
Risk Management
trust First !Risk Management
Leadership Role
Suspicion is a permanent condition.- Marcus Buckingham