4: Agile transformations with Bob Galen

Hosts

Ryan Ripley, Amitai Schlair, Bob Galen

Discussion

Agile isn’t simple anymore. We talked at length about the added complexity that has emerged in the agile community and the impact on transformations and projects. Amitai offered a lean start-up approach that we all agreed could be a competitive advantage to companies in years to come. We focused on organizing companies around products to limit risk and maximize value.

We moved on to what’s leading edge and new in the agile world. Bob shared his finding from many informal polls and discussion – that we are not leading edge. 70-90% of people polled acknowledge “bad agile” in their organizations. This has proven consistent when other speakers and coaches pose the questions to large groups and teams.

Next the team discussed meeting the needs of the people we serve and how trust, safety, empathy, compassion, kindness, and love play in to that end. Some of the questions covered include: Is it safe to say you don’t know something? Can you fail quickly in your organization? Do we trust one another to not cause harm in the workplace?

These insights led us down the past of advocating for coaching at the leadership level. This practice is critical as pressure and adversity can cause people to revert to comfortable patterns and practices. Leadership, however, can limit this by “being agile” through thick and thin.

Resources, Plugs, and More

Ryan – http://agileanswerman.com

• Kindness is the missing agile value
• Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Teaching Pointy Haired Bosses to Be Agile Enablers

Amitai – http://www.schmonz.com/

• 5th Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter Senge
• Agile Roots
• Self.Conference
• Agile in 3 Minutes – The simplest podcast that could possibly work

Bob – http://rgalen.com/

• Scrum Product Ownership: Balancing Value from the Inside Out by Bob Galen
• Three Pillars of Agile Quality & Testing: Achieving Balanced Results in your Journey Towards Agile Quality by Bob Galen
• Agile Reflections: Musings Toward Becoming “Seriously Agile” in Software Development by Bob Galen

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