Engineering the change virus

By Patrick Kua

http://www.thekua.com/atwork

pkua@thoughtworks.com

Helps Hinders

RelationshipDevelopment

InfluencingStyles

Reasons forResisting

Planning Change

Change

Reasons for resisting

Fear of the unknown

Perception of barriers

Too much effort

Cost of failure is too high

Burnt by the system

Accustomed to broken windows

Concern for hidden

agendas

Not by the book

Any other reasons?

Introducing Change

A (poor) example…

In an office block somewhere...

Hi!I’m

Betty

Hi Betty!

I’m Eva

And I’m glad

you’re here

We have so many

problems

Right

To make you agile

Well, that’s why I’m

here

Make us agile?

What does she mean?

Let’s go meet Greg

Hmmm

One of our developers

This is Greg

Greg, this is Betty

Our new expert in

agile

Hi Greg!

I see you writing some

codeDo you

have any tests?

Tests?

Tests?

What do I need them

for?

What do you need them for?

You need to write tests

for all of your code

What do you need them for?

Test Driven Development is the

only way you should be writing code!

Betty reaches over and…

(click)

[delete?]

My code!

What just happened?

Relationship Development

Introducing a model for…

Relationship Development

Inclusion

Control

Openness

Change happens where?

Inclusion

Control

Openness What increases

these?

Influencing Styles

Persuasion Bridging

AttractionAssertion

Who uses what more?

Resistance is futile

Planning Change Exercise

Helps Hinders

RelationshipDevelopment

InfluencingStyles

Reasons forResisting

Planning Change

Change

Questions…

ReferencesPhoto Credits (under Creative Commons Licence)• Biohazard from http://www.flickr.com/photos/szczur/• Scared ghost from http://www.flickr.com/photos/scr47chy/• Head in hands from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleversimon/• Two faces from http://www.flickr.com/photos/irfan-fatboy/• Sad dog from http://www.flickr.com/photos/tensafefrogs/ • Broken windows from http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckytwinley/• Bull reading book from http://www.flickr.com/photos/whereohwhere/ • Signpost from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sp3ccylad/ • Plans from http://www.flickr.com/photos/96602242@N00/ • Borg drones from http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/• Questions from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/

Comic Credits• http://www.designcomics.org by the ISD Group

Influencing Model Credits• http://www.projectworkout.com/Sponsor_Article_5_PMT.pdf