agilia 2017 - re-imagining scrum to re-vers-ify your organisation
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by Gunther VerheyenScrum. Connector, writer, speaker, humaniser.
re.vers.ifyre.imagining your
organisation
Agilia Conference 201729 MarchOloumoc (Czech Republic)
“The future state of Scrum will no longer be called ‘Scrum’. What we now call Scrum will have become the norm, and
organizations have re-invented themselves around it.”
“The future state of Scrum will no longer be called ‘Scrum’. What we now call Scrum will have become the norm, and
organizations have re-invented themselves around it.”
Source: Gunther Verheyen, “Scrum – A Pocket Guide (A Smart Travel Companion)”, 2013
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Are you using Scrum? 1’
YESNoyes, but
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How about organisational dysfunctions exposed? 1’
Take action
BLAMESCRUM
ignore
The Growth TrapA brief history of organisational designAgilia Conference 2017
29 MarchOloumoc (Czech Republic)
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Are our organisations shaped for business agility through Scrum?
Un-growing the past
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A brief history of organisational design (the growth trap)
Skills
Leadership
Governance
Functions
Business IT
Executives
Skills
Leadership
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The result? The “Big Bang” syndrome.
(THE MEDUSA EFFECT)
Do NOT touch that system!
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Scrum? Really valuable.
The Customer’s Experience
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How organisations plan to survive the future
Big Fat Emperor
A 1000 Paper Cuts
Some Emperor’s Breakfast
The Snake Within
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The all-time favorite, re-organisation
The Ambition
The Action
The Message
The Real Need
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What is the 3rd (secret) ingredient for an Agile transformation?
The secret ingredient 1’
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Scrum
People Imagination
We used to be organised for results.We then re-organised for functions.
Re.imagining Scrum to re.vers.ify your organisation is the positive way
forward.
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„ reversify (verb) /(ˈ)rē+ˈvər-sə-ˌfī/
1. To formulate anew in verse; To turn (a text) into verse again; To rework (a piece of verse) into a different form.2. To re-emerge an organisation drawing on
people’s re-imagination of Scrum.
To re.vers.ify is an act of simplicity, rhythm and focus
Re.imagining Scrum
Organising for products and peopleAgilia Conference 2017
29 MarchOloumoc (Czech Republic)
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Identify ‘Product’
(one software system,
service or application)
Common challenges with Scrum
ProductOwner
1
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• Select a meaningful initiative (project/product/service)– Slice if too BIG
• For the selected initiative/slices:– Use Product Backlog as the single plan– Reset your accountabilities:
• Product Owner• Scrum Master• Development Team(s)
– Facilitate with tools, infrastructure and a Scrum (team) zone
• Create sashimi releases– Through a controlled and automated deployment pipeline
Re.imagine your Scrum
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Product=
a software system,
service or application
Growing your Scrum zone (1)
Add
Products
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1. Product management and product delivery are organized separately but connected through the Product Owner.
Your Scrum zone (1)
Product
Sales
Marketing
Delivery
Strategy
Financials
…
Scrum
Owner
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Expand ‘Product’
(A consumer product or service)
Growing your Scrum zone (2)
Products
Add Disciplines
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2. Product management and product delivery are integrated in a Product hub. Product Owner is the product-CEO.
Your Scrum zone (2)
Product
Sales
Marketing
Delivery
Strategy
Financials
…
Owner
Scrum
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Think nervous system
Product Hubs
(distribution of)
Leadership
Purpose
Agility…• can’t be planned• can’t be dictated• has no end-state• can’t be copied
Grow your own model. Use your imagination.
Source: Gunther Verheyen, “Scrum – A Pocket Guide (A Smart Travel Companion)”, 2013
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An act of• Simplicity• Rhythm• Focus
For companies wanting to:• Converge all things ‘Agile’• Uplift their Scrum• Emerge, grow, and un-grow
structures• Innovate (again)
Acting for the positive
re.vers.ifyre.imagining your organisation(starting with a Scrum Studio)
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About
Gunther VerheyenIndependent Scrum Caretaker• eXtreme Programming and Scrum since 2003• Professional Scrum Trainer• Shepherded Professional Scrum at Scrum.org• Co-created Agility Path, Nexus and Scaled
Professional Scrum framework at Scrum.org• Author of “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” (“Scrum
Wegwijzer”, “Scrum Taschenbuch”)Mail [email protected]
Twitter @UllizeeBlog http://guntherverheyen.com