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The Agile Leadership Kata Discovering the Practice of Leadership
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The Agile Leadership Kata Discovering the Practice of
Leadership
10,000 hours
Practice Matrix
Shu-Ha-Ri
• shu "protect", "obey" — traditional wisdom — learning fundamentals, techniques, heuristics, proverbs
• ha "detach", "digress" — breaking with tradition — detachment from the illusions of self
• ri "leave", "separate" — transcendence — there are no techniques or proverbs, all moves are natural, becoming one with spirit alone without clinging to forms; transcending the physical
Journals
• Facts
• Feelings
• Findings
Kata
String Calculator Kata
1. Create a simple String calculator with a method int Add(String numbers)
2. Allow the Add method to handle an unknown amount of numbers
3. Allow the Add method to handle new lines between numbers (instead of commas)
4. Allow the Add method to handle a different delimiter
Taken from Roy Osherove’s blog http://osherove.com/tdd-kata-1/
What do Agile
Leaders do?
Solve problems
Manage Process
Envision
Coach/Facilitate
Problem Solving
Reverse Kata
1. State the challenge
2. List your assumptions
3. Reverse each assumption
4. Record differing viewpoints that might be useful to you
5. Ask yourself how to accomplish each reversal
Processes
• What processes do we have?
High
Plan
Do
Check
Act
Problem Solving Process
Medium Plan
Do
Check
Act
Problem Solving Process
Evaluate
Prioritize Review/Accept
Roadmap Process
INT
STAGE
PROD
Release Process
Plan
Dev Review
Dev Process
Low Plan
Do
Check
Act
Problem Solving Process
Evaluate
Prioritize Review/ Accept
Roadmap Process
INT
STAGE
PROD
Release Process
Plan
Dev Review
Dev Process
Sprint 0
Analysis
Grooming
Sizing
Release Planning
Yesterday
Today
Impediments
Standup Process
Report
Review Update
Reporting Process
Submit
Review Approve
CCR Process
Analysis
Review Actions
Post-Mortem Process
A3 Kata
• Background
• Current Condition
• Goal/Target Condition
• Root Cause Analysis
• Countermeasures (Experiments)
• Confirmation (Results)
• Follow Up (Actions)
Example A3
Vision
Remember the Future Kata
1. Imagine it is one year in the future. How has our product saved you money?
2. Another month has gone by, what has product done to make you happy?
Coaching/Facilitating
Alaskan Road Trip Kata
Ingredients:
• Map with driving directions from Dallas, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska (4000 miles)
Directions:
• Each team needs to get to Anchorage to surprise their true love, who is working there. They must create a plan: timeline, what to bring, budget, etc.
Summary
The fundamental things we as managers need to practice are: • Problem Solving • Process • Vision • Coaching/Facilitating We need to engage in disciplined practices (Katas) that will enable us to refine our skills in these domains: • Remember the Future Kata • A3 Kata • Reverse Kata • Alaskan Road Trip Kata
Thank You!
“Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.”
-Bodhidharma
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