first things: a quick guide to starting a team on the path to agility
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First Steps A Quick Guide to Starting Team on the Path to Agility
Jared Richardson@JaredRichardson
Principal ConsultantAgile Artisans
Who Am I?
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Cofounder of GROWS Methodology
Author Ship It! and Career 2.0
Screencast editor PragProg.com
2nd public signatory of the Agile Manifesto
Started AgileRTP in 2007
Coach
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Jared Richardson
This is the wrong talk…
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Two Waysto Play
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Use all your ammo quickly
Use ammo one shot at a time
Each player has a board
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Place your fleet
Drop your bombs
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My Fleet
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The Battleship Exercise: By Tony Brill 1 2
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The Battleship Exercise: By Tony Brill 1 2
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Place Your Bombs
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Round 1Start a timer
Place your fleet
Use all your “ammo”
Check with your opponent
Record hits/misses/time
Play twice
Round 2
Start a timer
Place your fleet
Fire 1 round
Check with your opponent
Continue until out of ammo
Record hits/misses/time
Ships & Ammo
1 Sub (2 dots)
2 Destroyers (3 dots)
1 Battleship (4 dots)
1 Aircraft carrier (5 dots)
35 rounds to fire
Results
Which way is faster?
Which way spends less “budget”?
Which way is more effective?
Efficient or effective
First Steps
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Shut up
Identify pain points
Identify blind spots
Illuminate/fix
Make noise
Shut Up
Listen
Canned answers
Unique situation
Context matters
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Identify Pain Points
Why were you invited?
Perceived problems
The issues management paid you to fix
Identify Blind Spots
Issues they don’t know about
Hidden secrets
“That’s normal”
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Illuminate
Issues they don’t know about
Hidden secrets
“That’s normal”
Education
Sales
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Make Noise
Quiet children
Weekly status
Highlight success
Have a team member share
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Next Steps
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Shut up
Identify pain points
Identify blind spots
Illuminate/fix
Make noise
Find it/Fix it
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Find it how?
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1. Visit GrowsMethod.com
2. Review the Practices
3. Use the material
Cite the Pain Points that apply
List the Benefits of the practice
Use the Adoption Experiment to get started
Next Steps
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Shut up
Identify pain points
Identify blind spots
Illuminate/fix
Make noise
Efficient or effective
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Opponent’s Fleet
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The Battleship Exercise: By Tony Brill 1 2
Scoring Sheet
Time Shots Fired Hits Misses Sinks % hits
All at once 1st game
All at once 2nd game
Interactive 1st game
Interactive 2nd game
The Second Talk
At No Additional Charge!
The Second Talk
A quick path through the GROWS website
First StepsVisit GrowsMethod.com
Foundations: Overview
Foundations: Skills Model
Foundations: Glossary
Foundations: Getting Started
Click “Practices by Stage”
Review “Core Concepts”
Work your way through “Individual” practices
Work your team through “Team” practices
Thank You
and good night!
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