How to relieve the agile adoption pain?
Add to calendarAgile adoption is all about change. Change is always hard. Agile adoption is a big change which makes it more than hard, it’s painful. However the change can be softened by many means: knowledge, coaching, facilitation, stories, giving options, addressing fears. This workshop is all about treating the agile adoption pain. We will identify the different roles that are affected by the agile adoption. After that we work in groups and discuss what kind of skills the roles have to learn, what kind of fears they might have and what kind of drivers for change they have. Goal is to ease the adoption.
Planned for max. 30 participants (max. 7-8 groups)
Introduction to workshop (10 minutes)
- Quick introduction round (First name and expectations in 1-2 words)
- Goal for the workshop
- Flow of the workshop
Brainstorm the roles affected in groups of 3-4 people (10 minutes)
- Divide into groups (2 minutes)
- Brainstorm (5 minutes)
- Present the roles (3 minutes)
Discuss the fears of different roles (10 minutes)
- In groups of 3-4 people (same as previous)
- Write down the results on post-its
Discuss the training needs of different roles (10 minutes)
- In groups of 3-4 people, rotate groups so that one person stays with the same role and others change
- Write down the results on post-its
Break (10 minutes)
Discuss the drivers for change of different roles (10 minutes)
- In groups of 3-4 people, rotate groups so that one person stays with the same role and others change
- Write down the results on post-its
Present the findings (20 minutes)
- Each group presents a role (or roles): Fears, training needs, drivers for change
Round of thoughts from the participants (5 minutes)
- “What do you think of the results in one word?”
Wrap up (5 minutes)
- Reflect on goals
- Short retrospective (+/delta)
Outcome: - Sheets with role name and three sections: Fears, Trainings, Drivers - Each section has post-its describing the issues, needs, or forces - Uploaded to Wiki/Blog etc. for comments and for community to use
- Understand the variety of roles affected by the change
- Learn the fears that slow down the change
- Find out needs for learning, teaching, coaching and mentoring
- Understand the amount of investment needed to succeed in agile adoption
