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Problem? What Problem?

Learn how to deal effectively with impediments

Agile Management Congress Prague November 25 2019

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Ben Linders Consulting Agile, Lean, Quality & Continuous improvement Freelance Editor for InfoQ.com

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Impediments

anything that slows people down and needs to be dealt with

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Handling Impediments

• Recognize impediments
• Understand how they hinder the team
• Explore effective solutions
• Decide how to solve and who takes action

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Recognize: Catch Signals

 Something somebody said  Behavior, what’s being done  What people are not doing/skipping  Anomaly in data or measurement You can observe a lot by just watching –Yogi Berra

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Examples of Signals

“My work is done, I’m waiting for other people” There’s no stand-up meeting when the Scrum master isn’t there that day “We can only deliver on time by skipping the retrospective” The R&D manager just dropped in and told team members they need to do some other work

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Recognizing Impediments

 Signals, not problem  Stop and reflect  Probe & Sense (Cynefin)  Analyze to understand

• Don’t shoot messenger
• Ignoring doesn’t make the

impediment go away

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Share what you learned

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Questions? Questions?

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Impediment Training & Coaching

Download Coaching Cards Board Game Improve impediment skills For agile teams, Tech leads, Scrum masters, Agile coaches, project or line managers, consultants, anyone involved in or working with agile teams.

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Becoming agile is a journey, which can be difficult to travel. The Agile Self-Assessment game is there for you to self assess how agile you are and smoothly and successfully travel your agile journey. Services for assessing your agility and increase delivered value:

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