nirmaljeet malhotra presentation

Making “them” agile

The agile leadership mindset

Presenter: Nirmaljeet MalhotraEnterprise Agile Coach and Trainer

CSM, CSPO, PSM, CSP, ICP-ACC, PMP

Nirmaljeet.Malhotra@improving.comwww.nirmaljeet.com

Nirmaljeet Malhotra @mnirmaljeet

www.nirmaljeet.comNirmaljeet.Malhotra@improving.com

ConsultationWeather

Yosemite National Park

Lake TahoeUniversal and Disneyland

CA is great. You should visit

The plan

Must do..

The experience-Vision-Explore-MVP-Inspect and adapt-Fun

Agility is within..

Agile Agile

◦ Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement, nimble

◦ Mentally quick or alert: an agile method

Agile methodologies attempt to be ”adaptive” rather than “predictive”

Customer?

Perception

Customer’s perception- Fixed scope, budget and time else it won’t happen

- The team understands exactly what needs to be delivered

- Each requirement is a must have

- Team will deliver exactly what is needed in X months

- Make claims real

Management’s perception - Failure is not an option (Customer delight)

- If the commitment is to deliver in x months, the team needs to be done in x – y months

- I know exactly what it will take to get this done

- Team will not deliver if not micro managed

Team’s perception - They don’t understand how complex this is

- We know it’s going to be delayed

- Its easy to have a opinion

- They really do not need it this soon

- Requirements will change

- Estimates are estimates

Perceptions drive behaviors Behaviors become habits

Obstacles to agile adoption Change management

Organizational culture

Managerial support

Team education

External pressure

Management responsibilities

Adapt existing structures

Self organization

Self organization values

Self organizationCommitment

Respect

Focus

Openness

Courage

Trust

Engaged

Make failure safe

Key to successful leadership is influence and not authority - Kenneth Blanchard

Context – Trust ownership model

Apathy Energy & Innovation

Command & Control Conflict

Trust

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Team/Individual Ownership

Integrity as foundation

Teach and support agile principles

Trust people to make decisions

Metrics

Tell me how you measure me and I will tell you how I behave--Eliyahu Goldratt

Images courtesy revtc.com

What do you like to measure?

Images courtesy agileSHERPA

Value

Rolling funding of projects

Host leadership (McKergow and Bailey)

- - Initiator, providing the initial sparks of what might become a broader initiative

- - Inviter, inviting relevant people to join an idea - - Space creator, thus creating an environment, physical and emotional - - Gatekeeper, defining and protecting the space created. Allowing people in and out as necessary

- - Connector, by introducing people who otherwise might not connect, enable useful conversations

- - Co-participator – important part of the system, not just creator

Make failure an option

Fail often….

Fail early….

Fail fast…

Learn constantly