Dec 28, 2018
Return guest, Quincy Jordan, is
joining Dan Neumann once again! Quincy is a Principal
Transformation Consultant and has been with AgileThought for about
one year now. Previous to that, he has served as a Principal
Consultant and Agile Coach at SCRUMstudy.com for over six years.
Quincy’s mission is to help companies and people who are
ineffective in their own mission by assisting them in transforming
from what they are to what they desire to be.
This week they’re getting their
hands dirty and talking about living off the Agile landscape.
Quincy explains the differences between Agile “Gardening” vs. Agile
“Farming,” where the Agile farming metaphor came from, and key
“farming” practices.
Key Takeaways
- The
background behind the Agile landscape “farming”
metaphor:
-
- In
farming and gardens, there is great attention to detail and a lot
of care put into it, similar to the nurturing needed with
Agile
- Agile
Gardening vs. Agile Farming:
-
- What
you need depends on the business outcomes you’re trying to
achieve
- Agile
farming requires thinking outside of your immediate environment and
scaling beyond your environment
- Inward benefits from agile gardening vs.
outward benefits from agile farming
- One
isn’t better than the other but it is important to choose the right
tool
- When
scaling:
-
- Programmers should pull back their vantage
point to get a more aerial view, focusing on overall outcomes and
things going on in the environment
- Teams
need a vantage point that is an up-close picture to really see all
the detail
- Key
Farming Practices:
-
- Farmers need to actively protect the
environment
- Just
like farmers use crop rotation for soil depletion, it is important
to rotate teams to avoid transformation (or Agile)
fatigue
- Rotation needs to take place, whether you
rotate teams across different functions or rotate within the
team
- Keep
the team together regardless of how you’re rotating it
- When
an environment is new, similar to a farm, they have to ready the
soil of the environment
- Preparation is key
- If
you want teams to collaborate well, an accommodating, structured
environment needs to be prepared for the team
- Farmers must be concerned with “where” before
“what,” and “timing” before “time”
Mentioned in this Episode:
Tampa Bay Agile Meetup
SAFe Model
Agile Coaches’
Corner episode:
“Communities of Practice with Quincy Jordan”
Quincy Jordan’s Book Pick
The Age of Agile: How Smart
Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets
Done,
by Stephen Denning
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