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Agile transformation Journey:

Step1:

Clarity:

1. Assess the truth of problem statement

2. Assess the skills, maturity

3. Check for mindset of Agile

4. Primary goal of this transformation

Step2:

Stakeholder, The client alignment with goal.

Step3:

Contract

Step4:

As - Is analysis:

- Observation

- Discussions

- List the issues

- Ishikawa diagram

- Pareto

- 5 Powerful questoining

- SWOT analysis

- FORCE field analysis

- FMEA

Step5:

Checklist

Go Agile or no Agile

- Value for the customer, Iterative

- Change inbetween the interative without resistance

- Itearation cycle, MVP

- Business representation to the team

- Self- Organizing teams

- Feedback addressel, Inspect and adapt

- Limit WIP

Step 6:

Building the program

- Lean

- Preparing the team(Training plan, mentoring plan)

- Re-llignment of structure

- Selection of framework

- Roll out - Iterative roll out

Pilot

Refine

Allign

- New tools , ALM, TDD, Test automation, CI CD

Step6:

Team norms

- Social behavior

- General norms

- Meeting

-DOR

-DOD

Step7:

Forming of teams, Customizing the framework

Step8:

Mentoring of PO

- Market chartering

- Impact mapping

- Business value cal.

- Priortisation

- Slicing technicques

- Ask write stories

Full time 1:1

Step9: Mentoring of SM

Full time 1:2

Step 10 : Infra, Architect

Step10:

Inception of sprints and

Mentoring of teams

Step11:

Coaching

Step12:

Metrics

Allignment between teams

1. Req - Dependent and Interactions - PO Sync

2. Technical , SOS sync

3. Devops team

Scrum overview:

3 Roles:

1. PO

2. SM

3. Team

3 Artifacts:

1. Product backlog

2. Sprint backlog

3. Potentially shippable product

5 Ceremonies

1. Sprint - 2 weeks

2. Backlog refinement

3. Sprint planning

4. Daily-up

5. Sprint review

6. Retro

Self-Organizing:

1. Cross- functional mindset

2. Accountability

3. Empowerment and motivation

4. Refer Slide 73

Backlog:

- Complain

- No motivation

- Lack of involvement of Customer

- Roles clarity

- Testing in last minute

- Lack of trust , esp with max.

- Mindfulness not present

Fix:

- Teaming aspect , positivity- Define a protocol

- Customer involvement

- Leadership, Role clarity

Cons of Internal:

- Proximity, too many details,

- Not a fresh perspective

- Biases

- Group think

Pros of Internal:

- Budget

- Quality

- Culture aware

- Accessible

- Experience, well known , trust

Pros of External:

- Fresh look

- Varied exp

- Unbiased, Trust , Openness

- Choice of not doing

Cons of External:

- Potentially unavailable for follow-thru of transformation of steps

- Lack of trust on the outsider may pose challenge sin achieving earlier set outcomes

- Being an outside it will take time to get into context and may pose challenges in "time constrained" transformation activities

Powerful question:

- Open ended questions?

- Relevant

- What, could, why, when , should, how, may....

- Mind expand, make of think

- Do not any Why questions?

Stages of conversation

- Background

- Whether client know about the problem

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Session 1:

Who is a coach?

1. Mindfulness

2. Self awareness

3. Self management

4. Emotional intelligence

Session 2:

1. Levels of coaching

2. Coaching competence

3. Agile coaching Institute coaching framework

4. Lean before Agile

5. Agile values and Principles

Agile:

Iterative

Fail fast

Delivery, Respond, Flexible, course correct

60's

70's, 80's

90's

Unique about IT industry:

1. Far reach, High, Impact

2. Faster tech, upskilling, Dyamic

3. Co-location not needed

4. Any level of customisation, Always

Change, change

5. People dependent (knowledge workers)

6. All the other industries

2001

Lean:

- More with less

- No waste

- Delivery early

- Remove non value adds

- Continuous improvement

Agile: < 10 -15 teams

1. Scrum

2. Kanban

3. XP

Scaling Agile:

1. SAFe

2. Less

3. Sos

4. SCALe

5. ESP

Enterprise:

Customised - Synchronisation & alignment

Business agility:

Combo

Coach:

- Channelize the strength

- Not providing solutions but solutions using questions

- Need not be SME

- Enhance the strength

- Strength and weakness

- Blind spots

- Enforce vs bring out

- Team view, Bird view

No solution:

- Every one is different

Welcome IBM

Lets learn Agile Coaching!

1. Intro

2. Your engagement is the key

Agenda building:

1. Coaching and Emotional intelligence

2. Coaching skills and Powerful questions

3. ACI framework

4. Lean

5. Agile

6. Leadership styles

7. Conflict management

8.Change management

9. Psychological safety

10. Coaching conversation