shuhari for the agile employee - agile evangalist meetup

!Jeroen Molenaar

AgileEvangelist MeetUp 8-2014

ShuHaRi for the agile employee

JEROEN MOLENAAR!Jobs!

Consultant & Trainer at Xebia NL!!Major Clients!

ABN Amro, AEGON, Ahold, ING!!Contact!

Utrechtseweg 49!1213 TL Hilversum!The Netherlands!jmolenaar@xebia.com! m +31 6 41 85 64 34!http://nl.linkedin.com/in/jmolenaar/

TIME TABLE • Intro to Shu Ha Ri • How are employees assessed usually • Why is a yearly review less effective • What elements form agile can we use in assessments • How does a board look • Lets construct a ShuHaRi board • Closing and wrap up

SHUHARI

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

The teams follow the rules and gain experience

AGILE SHU HA RI

The teams apply and mix gained experience

The teams create their own new techniques

USUAL ASSESSMENT

EVERY COMPANY HAS ONE

much explanation

MANY PAGES

loads of info / questions

Is everybody the same?

GENERAL / STANDARD QUESTIONS

YEARLY APPRAISAL

december: talk about them with

manager

november: get them from

drawer

rest of year: keep them in a

safe place

WHY??

WHY YEARLY IS INEFFECTIVE?

what techniques are popular in 6 months?

THERE IS A LONG TIME IN BETWEEN

know what the client wants next year?

know how to prepare for that?

determines pay raise

DONE WITH THE MANAGER

will he/she be objective?

first you will be a junior tester

PRESCRIPTIVE LEARNING PATH

then you will be a senior tester

last you need to be a (project manager)

most stay in a (digital) drawer

ONLY LOOKED AT ONCE A YEAR

USABLE AGILE ELEMENTS

AGILE MANIFESTO VALUES

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

INDIVIDUALS

cooperate with peers

INTERACTIONS

communicate effectively

a developing person

WORKING PRODUCT(SOFTWARE)

over some document?

COLLABORATE

new techniques this year

RESPOND TO CHANGE

PLAN OFTEN

Dwight D. Eisenhower: !In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.

when it still matters

EARLY FEEDBACK

everything on the wall

VISUAL MGT & TRANSPARANCY

visible for everyone

BOARD THEORY

SHUHARI BOARD

3 levels of professional

THE RIGHT SIDE

1 for personal / work life balance

1: coding / develop

EXAMPLE DEVELOPER

2: agile scrum

3: consulting

1. quality control

EXAMPLE TESTER

2. agile / scrum

3. trainer

1. agile / scrum

EXAMPLE AGILE CONSULTANT

2. change manager / consultant

3. trainer

FULL STRUCTURE AGILE CONSULTANT

Agile consultant

Trainer

People

reading

reflecting

influence

Solutions

finding

implementing

check results

Communications

choosing

communicatie

follow up

Work life Balance

body

rest/sleep

move

nutrition

mind

alone

fun job

awareness

surroundings

family

say no

ask help

Agile & Scrum

People

reading

reflecting

influence

Solutions

finding

implementing

check results

Communications

choosing

communicatie

follow up

Change agent

People

reading

reflecting

influence

Solutions

finding

implementing

check results

Communications

choosing

communicatie

follow up

PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE

SUBJECTS ON PROFESSIONAL

PERSONAL STRUCTURE

SUBJECTS ON PERSONAL

keep the dialogue

DON’T BE TOO SPECIFIC

know what you are talking about

personal plan board

THE LEFT SIDE

track results

use user stories and tasks

put 1 balance item there

about your role

MAKE A FEW USER STORIES

As a tester

I want to know about Tmap

So I can work in teams where its applied

diary

POSSIBLE ADD ON

WRAP UP

SHUHARI DEVELOPMENT

IN 1 WORD

WHAT WILL YOU APPLY

TOMORROW?