What got you here as a leader is not going to get you to the next level. Faster rate of disruption and a new workforce dynamic are demanding leaders to work differently.
In this presentatation at Agile Leadership Fest, David Hawks walked through key mindset shifts leaders need to make to thrive in this new world.
17. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
WHAT DEFINES GOOD AGILITY?
• Form groups of 4-6
• Write one item per post-it.
• Place them in the middle
of the table in two groups
• Discuss
What Defines a Good Leader vs a Bad
Leader?
25. • Pair with someone and
discuss
• Expert
• Achiever
• Catalyst
Where do you see yourself playing?
26. OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict Accelerate Adapt
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Leadership Agility
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduce Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Network of Teams
41. How We Normally Assign Work
Project 1
Project 3
All High
Priority!
How does Alex decide what to work on next?
Carter
Alex
James
Camryn
Janet
Will
Project 2
46. • What measures are in place in your
organization to measure teams?
• Classify are those outcome or output
measures?
• How can you shift them to be more
outcome based?
How are you measuring your teams?
48. Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Hardening
20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points
}8 Weeks
1 2 3 4 Hardening
}
8 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
Done = Feature Complete and Feature Tested
*But defects were deferred to the end
The Plan: 10 Weeks to Deliver 80 Points
Reality:16 Weeks to Deliver 80 Points (10 Points per 2 Weeks)
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49. Done = Feature Complete, Feature Tested, and defects
fixed
Go Slow to Go Fast!
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
}2 Weeks
15 Points 15 Points 15 Points 15 Points
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
Sprint 5
}
2 Weeks
15 Points
We Delivered 75 Points in 10 Weeks
15 Points per 2 weeks
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50. Optimize the Full Value Stream
Ideatio
Prioritizati
Requiremen
Implementati
Quality
Integration&
Deployme
Customer/Market
Scrum
Test Automation/ Continuous
DevOps
Lean Product Discovery
51. 5 5 A
10 items/ min
B
5 items/ min
Starting
State
5 5
A B1 Minute
5
5A B2 Minutes
A B 5 53 Minutes
How Long Will It Take To Process To Items?
52. 5 5 A
10 items/ min
B
5 items/ min
Batch
10
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
12 Minutes!
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
5 5
How Long Will It Take To Process The 10th Batch of 10
Items?
53. 5 5
A
10 items/ min
B
5 items/ min
How Can We Address The Bottleneck?
54. • Are all the people involved in the value
stream able to collaboratively own
optimization?
• Are leaders working collaboratively
together across the value stream?
• Where is the bottleneck?
What is impacting flow in your org?
57. OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict Accelerate Adapt
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Leadership Agility
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduce Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Network of Teams
58. Provide a business card or write down your full
name and email on an index card for more info
on Agile Leadership.
We will send you….
" Full slide deck
" Article: 3 Principles Agile Leaders Should Live By During An
Organizational Transformation
" Article: Agile And The Middle Manager Identity Crisis
" Article: Outcome vs. Output
" Download: 8 Common Pitfalls of An Agile Transformation
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david@agilevelocity.com
@austinagile
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59. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIALAGILE VELOCITY ACCELERATE AGILITY
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