Incredible Agile Teams

Ian Hawkins – Siemens Healthcare

September 2016

A Question..

Which football team is your agile team like?

What team would you prefer to be like?

England / Portugal / Germany / Iceland?

Top Teams..

How do you assess how good a team is?

From my experience “Metrics” provide insight, but it is “Characteristics” that make a team great.

What characterises an incredible agile team?

Pick..One characteristic of the best agile team you have ever worked with..

Discuss with person next to you..

2 mins

Results (Thanks for the great input!)

AdaptabilityVersatilityFlow/BuzzEngagedCollaborationConvictionFearlessEmpathySocialize TogetherCollaborativePassionateEager to learnHigh level of communicationBeing NiceHonesty "I'm stuck"Encourage each otherCommunicative

Getting on personallyAble to iterate every 3 days to liveSelf leadership of individualsSolution orientationTrustProduct Proud (less amounts of defects)Working FOR the team, not only with the teamStriving for a common goalCommunication SkillsFunEvery member confident to offer inputWorking well together for the common goalOpen-ness and honestyThe ambition to continuously get betterFrequent and open feedbackTrust and Respect

9 Characteristics - Siemens Healthcare

Based on last 4 years, UK team working with multiple teams in Europe and India

Team Balance

Do you have balanced authority, respect and availability across all functions?

Development Architect TestProduct Owner

Connectivity with others

Who does your team work closely with?

How do you invest in making this work well?

Team Exchanges

Feature Sub Teams

Feature 1

Feature 2

Feature 3

Popular with management. Does not work, don’t do it!

Pressure

Project Start

Actual

Pressure

Project End

Team member Re-allocated

Scope better understood

Support needed on existing version

Backlog

Feature

Help your team not to over-commit

Be Brave

Are we building the right thing?

Are we taking on too much?Are we reducing tech debt?

Are we sharing knowledge?

Resilience

Flexible skills

Team rotation

Can do attitude

Willingness to ask for help

Pair Programming

TDD / Autotests

Team Stability

Most projects have these conditions

Networking

Respect

“A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements”

Working Together

Increases respect and improves resilience

Mob testing

Learning

Morale

Eating together

Col-location

Avoid burnout

Creation of working software

Software craftsmanship

Sharing knowledge

Working environment

Empowerment

Having fun

No poisonous people

Experience from Siemens Healthcare

Does not come up naturally during standard retrospectives..

Important Characteristics of an Incredible Agile Team

A Standup..

Resources

The Team Journey..

You can make a difference as to how incredible your

team is..

Thanks!

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