Agile / Servant Leader
“The focus in an agile project is on continuous learning and improvement.”
- Fail early
- Fail often
- Revise
- Learn
Agile – Values
PRIMARY |
| Individuals and interactions |
| Working software |
| Customer collaboration |
| Responding to change |
SECONDARY |
| Processes and tools |
| Comprehensive documentation |
| Contract negotiation |
| Following a plan |
Agile – Principles
| Satisfy the customer |
| Welcome change |
| Deliver software frequently |
| Work together |
| Motivate individuals |
| Use face-to-face communication |
| Working software = progress |
| Constant pace |
| Technical excellence |
| Simplicity |
| Self-organizing teams |
| Reflection |
Lean – Principles
| Eliminate waste |
| Incorporate continuous learning |
| Delay decisions |
| Deliver software quickly |
| Empower the programming team |
| Focus on system integrity |
| Focus on the whole system |
Client Engagement
| Interpreting requirements |
| Establishing the value proposition |
| Committing to team success |
| Speaking for the customer community |
Servant Leader
| Safeguard the development process |
| Communicate progress and issues |
| Build a development community |
| Detach from outcomes |
| Take it to the team |
| Be a mirror |
| Master your words and face |
| Allow for silence |
| Be bold |
| Allow the team to fail |
| Encourage the team |
“Project meetings belong to the team. You are to facilitate (communication), not lead.”
Servant Leader Practices
| Ensuring a shared guiding vision |
| Enabling interactions and adaptations |
| Loosening control |
| Refining practices |
| Providing free access to information |
| Tuning process structure |
| Lead by example |
STAND-UP MEETING
Purpose: Encourage collaboration
A stand-up meeting is about YOU. Even if the purpose of a stand-up meeting is not immediately clear, it is the one time in the day we can have people together and away from their computer. You are invited to tap a colleague on the shoulder after the meeting to discuss matters if you think you can offer assistance.
Guidelines
- Everyone to stand up
- 5 minutes
- 30 seconds each
- Share with us:
What you did last week.What challenges you are facing.- What you plan to do in the coming week.
- What you need.
- No discussions
- No action items
- No management (or management goes last)
- Be generous
- Meeting can be chaired by any team member if no team leader is present