becoming an effective agile leader

Becoming an effective agile leader(A.K.A. Chicken Training)

Josh Andersonjoshuadavidanderson@gmail.com

Intro

Shift Your Role

Failure

Hiring/Management Tips

Q/A

Who is this guy anyways?

Engineering Manager & Agile Coach for Teradata’s Applications Engineering Division

Agilized in 2007 & never looked back

Co-host bi-weekly Agile podcast (www.meta-cast.com)

Three large-scale transitions

.Net/SQL development background

Intro

Shift Your Role

Failure

Hiring/Management Tips

Q/A

Why are you calling me a chicken?

Doesn’t the Agile Manifesto tell me what to do?

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Product Owner

Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master

Hey, where do I fit in?

Product Owner

Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master

You are here

Product Owner

Team•Developers•Testers•Analysts•Scrum Master

You are here

Observe & Redirect

Trust the basics

Enable “try it” attitude

Competency is key (the 3 C’s)

Intro

Shift Your Role

Failure

Hiring/Management Tips

Q/A

Enable Effective Failure

Implies learning

Keep an eye on broken windows

Supportand redirect, don’t drive

Allow struggles…

… but not catastrophes!

Delicate Balance

Develops Ownership

Keep Feedback Loops Short

Intro

Shift Your Role

Failure

Hiring/Management Tips

Q/A

How do I hire for Agile?

Can you talk to them?

Impossible question

How do they define agile?

Applied intelligence

Applying Agile in Management

Meet early and often - Team & Individual

Treat each month as a sprint - Plan & Retro

Stay in touch with your team

Intro

Shift Your Role

Failure

Hiring/Management Tips

Q/A

How to track me down after you walk out that door…

• Personal– Email: JoshuaDavidAnderson@gmail.com– Website: www.TheREALJoshAnderson.com– Twitter: @nosrednAhsoJ

• Podcast – Website: www.meta-cast.com– Twitter: @MetaHyphenCast