Agile Tour 2016 Pune Cohesive magic by Surajit Das

Surajit Das

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Agile: Innovation Machine for

Digital Assurance

02/12/2016 1Prepared & Presented by SURAJIT DAS @ Agile Tour Pune 2016

World of Sports

Peep into the Sporting Arena..


Sports & Innovation

Innovation is nothing new to sports, but represents everything that is ‘new’ and adopted to facilitate a competitive advantage. In the sport context, innovations that are solutions to a pre-identified problem or need are critical to developing sport and for maximising the experiences and performances of individuals and organisations.


Floodlights, Coloured Clothing,

Format of the Sport, IPL,

Pink Ball??

Now, we are not talking about innovations from the sale of the Sport


By & For the Team..

•Situational changes in Individual Role(Changes in Batting/Bowling order)

•Combining Roles

•Unorthodox positioning on turf(Field positions)

•….


Derived Innovations from Team thoughts:

Modifications in gear

Decision Referrals

Snickometer….

Individual Innovations for the Team:

Switch hits….


Lone Wolf..

Innovations are also seen in individual Sport

Say Tennis……

Gear,Hawkeyeetc etc


3 Cheers to the Team

In Team Sports, the collective thoughts and efforts of the teams led to a better count of innovations and better rate…. The volume and impact of the innovation was sustainable and visible, when done by the team

Innovations were far more in Team Sports than in Individual Sports

Research has indicated:

People find Team Sports more enjoyable

Team Competition Feeling enhances Performance Levels


Are all these innovations due to a bigger crowd base for certain Team Sports??

Well, the bigger crowd base is due to the innovations


Team Sports & Spirit of Community

Harvard Business Review Study:

Collective Genius by Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, Kent Lineback


Foster a Willingness to InnovateThis requires innovation communities that share a sense of- Purpose: why they exist- Shared Values: what they agree is important- Rules of engagement: how they interact with one another and think about problems that are designed to encourage collaboration, discovery-driven learning and integrative decision making.

The authors suggests how to create such a community:


Build the Ability to InnovateThis requires three organizational capabilities:- Creative abrasion: the ability to generate ideas through honest discourse and rigorous debate- Creative agility: the ability to test and experiment through quick pursuit, reflection, and adjustment- Creative resolution: the ability to make integrative decisions that combine disparate or even opposing ideas

The authors suggests how to create such a community:


Agile & Community Feeling

How can Innovation Be far away


Cohesive Magic of Agile

Requirements and Solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of self-organizingcross-functional teams


Adaptive planning,Evolutionary development,Early delivery,Continuous improvement

Encourages rapid and flexible response to change.

Q & A


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