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there is only on way to do agile

A G I L E C O A C H I N T E R V I E W Q U E S T I O N

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I S T H E R E A S O L U T I O N ?

I D E A L LY, A N A G I L E C O A C H W O U L D S AY «   I T ’ S A L L U P T O T H E T E A M   » , B U T W H AT I F N O T ?

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W H AT I F Y O U C O N S I D E R FA C I L I T Y L I K E «  S E T T I N G U P T H E S TA G E   » ?

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«  S E T T I N G U P A S TA G E F O R A G I L E   » C O U L D B E …

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C R O S S - P O L L I N AT I O N J U S T A T E A M R O O M F O R A L A R G E R T E A M O N - S I T E C U S T O M E R A L I G N M E N T

N O T M A N D AT O R Y O R G A N I S E D N O T S T R U C T U R E D N O P U S H N O T S I L O T E D

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3 R D L I N E O F D E F E N C E

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1ST LINE OF DEFENCE

A G I L E O R G A N I S AT I O N A L «  M AT R I X   »

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SCRUM TEAMS

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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• 1st line of defence is protecting the teams

• 2d line of defence is protecting project/program

• 3d line of defence is protecting the organisation.

• Protecting doesn’t mean micro-managing, it means to ensure that the line is a safe-to-fail container strong enough for safety, flexible enough to evolve and adapt to team needs.

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1ST LINE OF DEFENCE

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SCRUM TEAMS

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• let’s assume this is for a project

• let’s assume that we will try to follow more agile rules than a strict scrum methodology just to put the methodology out of the debate

• scrum teams should be able to interact with each other in a scrum of scrums manner

• customer, SMEs, sponsor should be close enough to leave required informations but not too close to avoid disruption

• Product Owner and Scrum masters are buffering the relation between delivery teams and stakeholders

H O W D O E S T H I S C O U L D L O O K A L I K E ?

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T E A M O F • F R O N T E N D D E V

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• Q A / T E S T E R S

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• Product Owners and Scrum Masters are sitting with the team and have eye contact

• for design reasons I draw the « island » as a circle, in reality this will be square rolling desks R O L L I N G D E S K S R O L L I N G WA L L S

C E I L I N G P O W E R S O C K E T SW I F

• Furnitures with rolls so people are free to improve their workspace

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T E A M O F • F R O N T E N D D E V

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T O W N H A L L S E T U P F O R A D E M O

TOWN HALL Large area with video conferencing facilities for informal, meetings e.g. lunches, live demos of working software, new tools and techniques

BUBBLES Small meeting places for max 4 people incl. video conferencing. Ideal for calls and quiet work.

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TEAM ROOMS Primary team collaboration space with a desk area, a lounge area, and a scrum room for stand-ups, Kanban. Lots of wall and whiteboard space for collaboration

TOWN HALL Large area with video conferencing facilities for informal, meetings e.g. lunches, live demos of working software, new tools and techniques

IMMERSION ROOMS Customer collaboration rooms in lieu of a Customer Lab

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