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Cliff Jumping for Amateurs & Other Illuminating Stories
Mike Sutton QCon SF 2010
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Cliff Jumping for Amateurs & Other Illuminating Stories Mike - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cliff Jumping for Amateurs & Other Illuminating Stories Mike Sutton QCon SF 2010 Thursday, 4 November 2010 Thursday, 4 November 2010 Courage Under Fire Thursday, 4 November 2010 A big media and telecoms company A difficult CTO A
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Courage
Under Fire
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A difficult CTO A big media and telecoms company A team under siege... their Scrum Master (me)
and a very critical project.
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The Team was facing a very difficult challenge
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Life was frustrating for the Team
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they could not challenge the imposed solution
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the stakes were high and made higher!
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and ʻhelpʼ was on the way
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The Team Was Imploding
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Then we made a breakthrough...
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ʻWhat Would Need To Change for Us To Do What The Business Need?ʼ
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The Team needed to Own the Solution
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The Team self organised to emerge a credible alternative
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That night, Dave bought the beers
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the untapped wisdom and energy of the Team was unleashed
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They delivered.
Slightly more than the minimum features and slightly ahead of time
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...Dave bought many many beers
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What Happened Next?
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The Team was disbanded
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Dave left.
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But Something Special Had Happened
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Questions?
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Cliff Jumping for Amateurs
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I coached a lovely group of people in Tunisia
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They were new to lots of things
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They were new to each other
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Our first sprint!
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We Retrospected.
Teleconferencing tools to the US suck! I can’t work in this heat :( We don’t trust each other...
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Draw Your Experience
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Tell A Story of the Future, Together.
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without trust, things could only get worse.
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What Would You Do?
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We tried...
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Having a party!
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We Watched Some Sports
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We Had A Movie Night
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Strong relationships are built on shared and deep experiences.
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time to jump off cliffs?
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Every Jump is Scary
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having friends to share it with helps
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What happened next?
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the next sprint was better
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we recognised what we had done made a difference
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From a positive shared experience... We discovered TRUST, COMMITMENT and FRIENDSHIP
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and the team emerged... and changed its name !
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you...
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Questions?
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Thank you for letting me share my stories with you Iʼd love to hear some of yours.
Twitter: @mhsutton http://wizewerx.com
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