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- 1. Organizational CultureCase Studies
Communitech Agile/Lean P2P
20 April 2010
Kareem Shehata
Aeryon Labs
- 2. Agenda
What is Organizational Culture (10 min)
Case study groups (45min)
Presentation back to group (15 min)
Closing thoughts (5 min)
Retrospective and wrap-up (10 min)
- 3. What is Organizational Culture?
Values, ideals, practices
is what is
Set of assumptions made by all participants
Difficult to study from within
Need to step out to see in
- 4. Case Study Format
Visitor and host from local area
Visitor visits host for at least half a day, observes as much of
the culture as possible
Not interested in technology
Debrief at the end of the session
Discuss it here!
- 5. Tips
Culture is what is
Can be very sensitive
Avoid value judgements
There is no good and bad, since those require values!
- 6. Case Study Groups
Question 1: Describe and summarize the culture of theorganization
visited by values. Compare and contrast with other cultures as
needed.
- 7. Case Study Groups
Question 2: How do the values compare with the agile manifesto? How
have the values and definition of the agile process been adapted to
the culture of the organization?
- 8. Agile Manifesto
Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools
Working software
over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration
over contract negotiation
Responding to change
over following a plan
- 9. Case Study Groups
Question 3: What cultural aspects of the organization would you
guide to change and how?
- 10. Presentations
Pick one person to present a summary of the most salient findings
back to the larger group
You have 5 minutes, in whatever format you like.
- 11. Closing Thoughts
"for an agile project its the culture that matters and culture by
its very nature cant be planned; you can merely guide
it."
- 12. Retrospective
Thoughts from visitors and hosts what did you get out of it?
What did you appreciate from this session?
What could be done better?
- 13. Thank you!
A special thank you to our host organizations and visitors:
McAfee, Ann-Marie Kong
PostRank, Ryan Caught
Creative Options, Rob Kurtz
Extra special thank you to Ann-Marie!