What Can I Learn From You?
Transcript of What Can I Learn From You?
What Can I Learn From You?
Prowareness Tech Talk TuesdaysAugust 11 2015
…… opinionated (subjective, biased…. )
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We are growing rapidSome of the new employees feel strangersBig Sprint Days are not timeboxed and we are calm
Challenges
What does Innovation mean?
What does Innovation mean? Does it matter?
If you read something from a book, and try it…– Is that innovation or experimentation?
If you try something small very different from what people around you are doing…
- Is that innovation or it’s trivial?
If someone does something at another workplace, and you would like to try it at your team…
- Is that innovation or plagiarism?
What does Innovation mean? Does it matter?
You could quibble over innovation vs improvement!
Sometimes semantics or nomenclature does not matter
I’d like to hear what works for you. As simple as that..
… Some tactic that you learned from somewhere…. Some business idea that your customers appreciated….. Some new technology / tool that you tried……
Improvements at Prowareness
Sprint goal gets motivational
Sprint goal gets motivational
If tool is an impediment, we use our wallpaper
It is worth looking at impediments during our retrospective
We tried to identify scrum roles by this activity
We track our retrospective improvements with owners, status, and completion date
We Poker and talk about our openness during retrospectives
This sprint we explored the servant-leader role
We take cross functionality very seriously
We come and we reportHighly energetic presentations (read with sarcasm)No feedbackNo questionsPresentations are not timeboxedWe are waiting for it to just get over
Current state of Big Sprint Day
Team presentations at Big Sprint Days
Hey, Here’s how we improve our
cross functionality
and it works for us, may be you
can try…
Hey, Here’s how we craft our
sprint goals…
Team presentations at Big Sprint Days
Hey, Here’s how we explore the servant leader role, may be
you try
Team presentations and focus on learning
Hey, Here’s how we failed
miserably but here’s what we
have learnt..?
Team presentations and focus on showcasing work
Hey, Here’s what we did to
get an excellent demo rating?
Team presentations and focus on showcasing work
Hey, Here’s what I am going to try to get an excellent demo rating and
customer happiness?
+Excellent trainer Cool presentationAll sessions were good
-“I think the inductions are not effective, we forget after a week or two”“Need more examples for Liskovs substitution principle”“You were not confident when presenting at a session”“Sometimes you lose focus on the topic”“You need to read the temperature of the room”“I have some feedback about the Monthly Scrum presentations”
Which Feedback is important?
Learning from Mistakes?
Learning from others mistakes?• That’s not my style, because their mistake is a mistake in their
situation
Learning from my mistakes?• That’s my style, because it did not work for me
Do you know the experts we have within Prowareness?
Do you know what FishEye is?
Exploiting Big Sprint Day presentations
How’s your Sprint Backlog Items gonna help me?Does burn down chart need to be at the center of the stage?What’s the difference between Mistake of the sprint and retrospective items to be improved on?Big Sprint Day slide templates are becoming a screen that you can hide behind
Exploiting Big Sprint Day presentations
I’d like to hear what worked for you and what didn’t
Mistakes or Improvements or Highlights
Let the template be there to reflect numbers- Prepare for two or three key takeaways and present
them wellGet your team on stage so we know who you areHow you helped with Prowareness vision?We give you 2-3 minutes of our time.. What’s in it for me?What can I learn from you?
Exploiting Big Sprint Day presentations
But without knowing, you may have enabled or shared information that might have made a difference in someone
It does take courage to be different
What can I learn from you?
What can I learn from you?
So, how did I do today?
What’s your feedback for me?