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Conquering
The Common Fears That Burden Agile Teams
Ionut Grecu
Scrum Master
W: ionutgrecu.com
T: ionutgrecu_com
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Objectives
Understand how fear can hold you back from being who you could be
Develop an ability to reframe how you think about fearful situations
Learn to take risks in which you may fail and learn to survive failure
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Actual Improvements from Implementing Agile
Got Better81%
No Change5%
Got Worse3%
Don't Know11%
INCREASED TEAM MORALE/MOTIVATION
* The 10th annual State of Agile Report
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Agile Requires a Shift in Mindset
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Agile Is All About Change
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Fear Is An Adaptive Response - Sometimes
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Phobia is an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no
actual danger.
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Courage
Scrum
XP
Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more
resources at our disposal. This gives us the courage to undertake
greater challenges.
We will tell the truth about progress and estimates. We don't
document excuses for failure because we plan to succeed. We
don't fear anything because no one ever works alone. We will
adapt to changes when ever they happen.
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Fear Of Change
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Metathesiophobia
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Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species
that survives, nor the most intelligent
that survives. It is the one that is
most adaptable to change.
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What You Need To Know About Change
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Change is inevitable
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Your resistance to change is often a struggle between opposing factors of your own personality
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Change is generally easier if you cope with it in stages
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Unlearn what you’ve already learned
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The end state is unpredictable
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Benjamin Franklin
When you are finished changing,
you are finished.
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Fear Of Conflict
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Fear Of Vulnerability
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The Myth Of The Genius Programmer
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Fear Of Losing The Identity
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Testers’ Fears
Fear that they will lose
their QA identity
Fear that they lack the skills
to work in an agile team and
will lose their jobs
Fear that when they’re
dispersed into development
teams, they won’t get the
support they need
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We Still Love Testers
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Fear Of Failure
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Atychiphobia
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Failure – A Matter of
Perspective
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Ellen DeGeneres
It's failure that gives you the proper
perspective on success
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Prerequisites For Mastering Your Fears
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Acknowledge Fear as a Core Attitude1
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Realize That You Can Change2
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Embrace Change3
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Friedrich Nietzsche
The snake which cannot shed its skin
has to die. As well as the minds
which are prevented from changing
their opinions; they cease to be
mind.
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Are You Ready?
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We have time for questions