pecha-kucha agile 2011 peter saddington

The Art of Continuous Education for Teams

Utilizing the PechaKucha 20x20 to Continually Improve Team Education

and KnowledgePeter Saddington, CSM CSPExecutive EditorAgileScout.com@agilescout

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Peter Saddington, CSP CSMIndependent Enterprise Agile CoachRally Software Agile CoachExecutive Editor AgileScout.comAuthor – Scrum Pocket Guideme@peter.ps+1.404.669.6662www.agilescout.comwww.scrumpocketguide.comTwitter: @agilescout

Free Swag = #win!

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Graduation = End?

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Personal Growth?Is personal growth valuable to you?

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What is the value to you?What does it mean to you?

-Certifications?-Higher salary?-Promotions?-Success?-Personal reasons?

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Self-Educate?How do you continually educate yourself?-School-Read blogs-Twitter / SM-Meet-ups-Conferences-Books-Interest groups

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Growth is Important

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Growth is Life

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Expect Growth for Teams

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The Law of Growth for TeamsYou can motivate…You can ask…You can beg…

You can’t force it.You can’t coerce it.You can’t manufacture it.

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How?

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VISUAL LEARNING+

TEAM SELF-EDUCATING

What is PechaKucha 20x20?• Chit chat

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www.pecha-kucha.org - Started February 2003 By Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham

Who started?• Astrid Klein and

Mark Dytham• Architects• Powerpoint =

Long presentations

• 230 cities• Pecha-kucha.org

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What is PechaKucha 20x20?• 20 slides• 20 seconds each• Images• A small amount

of text• Automatic

forward

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www.pecha-kucha.org - Started February 2003 By Astrid Klein, Mark Dytham

Why so short?• Presenters talk

too much!

• KISS

• Give me the bottom line

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PechaKucha is AgileSome of the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto:

•Build projects around motivated individuals•Most efficient and effective method of conveying information is face-to-face conversation•Continuous attention to excellence•Regular intervals the team reflects on how to become more effective

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PechaKucha is LeanSome Lean Principles:

•Value first•Employee involvement and empowerment•Strive to continually remove wastes•Quality at the source

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PechaKucha is Fun!• Information is

visual• Less fluff• To the point• Lots of

conversation and discussion

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Real Life Example• What does it look

like?• How does it work?• Let’s do an

example

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PechaKucha Example - KANBAN• “Billboard” • Scheduling system• Taiichi Ohno• My personal Kanban• How it works• Why I like it• Why you should use

it

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Kanban

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Billboard

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Taiichi Ohno

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I’m smarter than the average bearI’m smarter than the average bear

Scheduling System

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TO-DO

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IN PROGRESS

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DONE

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Pull System

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ME = HAPPY!

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My Kanban Board

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Priorities

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Work in Progress

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DONE!

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WIFE = HAPPY!

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Yup. Did good this time.Yup. Did good this time.

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Get Started!

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OK! This is cool but…How do I use it for my team or company?

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Real ExamplesGive your team the opportunity to share what they know!

-Go to a conference?-New .NET or Ruby class or code?-BA fully document the new process?-QA create a cool new automated test script?-ScrumMaster share a new game?

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Lead by ExampleStart by giving a PechaKucha!

-Know your topic-Build out the slides-Hold it during lunch time-Invite the team + others-Get people excited about it-Focus on value and executables

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Facilitation TechniquesAnalysis paralysis!-“What do you think?”-“How could you ___ use this?”-“Why might this be good for us?”-“What would you add?”-“I see that you ___ may find value in ___.”-“I heard that you ___ did/learned/ that ___.”-KNOW YOUR TEAM

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Follow UpsMake this event memorable!-Put together a survey-Do a contest-Get management involved (food?)-Sign up a next person to present

- Tag them in a one on one- Ask about it during a retrospective- KNOW YOUR TEAM!

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Value-Centered EducationSummary:

-PechaKucha is about “what we can do now” to improve our circumstances-Give me valuable and executable steps-Team continual self-education-Team empowerment and involvement

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Thank You!

Peter Saddington, CSM CSPPrinciple Agile Coach and Rally Software Agile Coach

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