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From the Era of Stagnation to the Renaissance The Recent History of Management. Alexey Krivitsky @alexeykri krivitsky@scrumguide s.com
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From the era of stagnation to the renaissance.
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From the Era of Stagnation to the Renaissance
The Recent History of Management.
Alexey Krivitsky@alexeykri
What is the place of managers in an agile organization?
What is great management?
Why?
How do companies evolve?
What do they typically do?
When do managers appear?
Good ol’ days…
Good ol’ days…
Generally speaking…
A DREAMER
ALSO A DREAMER
A DREAM TEAMself-directed and
empowered
TEAM,WE NEED TO
SCALE
TEAM,WE NEED TO
SCALE
MORE!
AND MORE!
I CAN’T MANAGE
THAT
AND SOME MORE! I CAN’T
MANAGE THIS
HEY, WE NEED MANAGERS!
S.P.O.C.K.
SpeciallyPlacedOrganizationControlKeeper
MANAGERS are
from MARS
DEVELOPERSare from
VENUS
Root-causes vs. symptoms
there is chaos
we need managers
people lack direction
people are disconnected from goals
quality integration
engineering
motivation
iteration
The larger the company is – the more the problems there are...
projectprograms
quality integration
configuration
development
nobody-knows-what-the-hell
crisis
engineering
agile
iteration
motivation
change
risks
The larger the company is – the more the problems there are...
project managerprograms manager
quality manager integration manager
change manager
configuration manager
development manager
nobody-knows-what-the-hell manager
crisis managerrisks manager
engineering manager
agile manager
iteration manager
motivation manager
The larger the company is – the more managers there are.
Is it a safe place?
We have a strong retention department
We have a strong team of architects
“Even with Agile Software Development you need to do software development.”
Ron Jeffries
I CANNOT SEE RESULTS.
WE NEED MEASUREMENTS.
Management is hard.
Especially, when you’re trying to manage wrong things.
END OF SIDE A
SIDE B
The 5th and the 6th beatles
Brian EpsteinMANAGER
George MartinPRODUCER
Brian gave space for the team to organize.
Was fired by the team.
Quit the team on his own
and Ringo was
hired.
George gave the space for the team to learn.
Latest albums
were mixed by the band.
Managed results Managed technologies
The two types of managers
“The two types of managers”
http://www.slideshare.net/rodrigobranas/mary-poppendieck-the-professor-and-the-entrepreneur
The three types of managers
Owner of Product A
dev mentor
feature team 2
Owner of Product B
test mentor
ux mentor
ux
tester
dev
feature team 1 feature team 3
ux
tester tester tester tester
ux
dev devdev dev dev
scrum- master
agile coach
scrum-master
scrum- master
dev devdevdev
1. managers-
entrepreneurs2.
managers-professors
3.managers-facilitators
1) Don’t manage people.
2) Don’t manage problems.
My outcomes:
Because by doing this you’re fixing symptoms.
1) Purpose
2) Autonomy
Work on the root-level.
3) Mastery“Drive” by Daniel Pink
Enable:
Owner of Product A
dev mentor
feature team 2
Owner of Product B
test mentor
ux mentor
ux
tester
dev
feature team 1 feature team 3
ux
tester tester tester tester
ux
dev devdev dev dev
scrum- master
agile coach
scrum-master
scrum- master
dev devdevdev
PURPOSE
MASTERY
AUTONOMY
