Managing Agile

Published August 10th, 2011 Under Agile | Leave a Comment

In this video, Diana Larsen discusses how Agile can help to overcome three management traps by relying on data and evidence, accepting uncertainty and unpredictability, and maintaining a whole systems view.

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Managing-Agile

Diagnosing Organizational Culture: Can Agile work in My Company?

Published April 18th, 2011 Under Agile | Leave a Comment

Choosing your approach to a transition to Agile software development hinges more on your organization ís culture than on industry, marketplace, economy, or type of product. But how can you tell whether your culture will support adopting Agile? Will it succeed at your company? Will it provide the results you want? In this talk, Diana Larsen will describe one way to diagnose your organizational culture, determine how you measure success, and, working with culture, identify the next steps to getting the results you want.

Watch this video

Clarity Rules!: Six Collaboration Skills for Agile Teams

Published February 14th, 2011 Under Project Management | Leave a Comment

We measure project success by the team’s ability to efficiently and reliably deliver valuable, high quality software to the customer. Increase the prospect for project success by ensuring team members have the skills for effective collaboration and clear, unambiguous communication. Diana Larsen will describe the six collaboration skills teams need and show techniques to get them active in your team.

Watch this video on Oredev.org

The Team Reflects… Then Tunes and Adjusts – Part Two

Published August 25th, 2009 Under Project Management | Leave a Comment

This is a short workshop to unpack and examine the myriad ways team members can reflect, tune & adjust individual and team behavior: e.g., PDCA, retrospectives, AARs, Stand-ups, Pair debriefing, peer feedback, and more. We will create new activities to help teams look at their behaviors, tune their teamwork, and practice or support their adjustments.

The Team Reflects… Then Tunes and Adjusts – Part One

Published August 25th, 2009 Under Project Management | Leave a Comment

This is a short workshop to unpack and examine the myriad ways team members can reflect, tune & adjust individual and team behavior: e.g., PDCA, retrospectives, AARs, Stand-ups, Pair debriefing, peer feedback, and more. We will create new activities to help teams look at their behaviors, tune their teamwork, and practice or support their adjustments.

Lean for Agile Managers

Published August 21st, 2009 Under Lean, Project Management | Leave a Comment

With an emphasis on value, flow and people, Lean thinking and tools enhance and reinforce existing Agile practices or a transition to Agile. In an Agile enterprise, Lean principles offer a useful guide for managers who want to focus teams on creating value for their customers and learn more about removing systemic impediments to value creation. In this seminar, we’ll explore how the seven principles of Lean apply to software development and review a glossary of Lean terms like Gemba, Kanban, Muda, and Value Stream; Come discover why it’s okay that managers’ work is “waste”!