Mindset
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What is an agile mindset?
This is a leadership style that focuses on empowerment, guidance and mentoring; versus a more traditional command-and-control style.
What is servant leadership?
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What is scrum, and should all teams use it?
This is a technique in which 2 team members work together jointly on a work item, resulting in improved quality and knowledge sharing.
What is pairing?
Doing this allows teams and portfolios to reduce context switching (aka multi-tasking) to improve efficiencies and their ability to deliver faster.
Currently, many teams and programs find themselves in a 'traffic jam' with multiple initiatives underway at once.
Why do we need to reduce WIP (Work in Progress)?
Define value, create flow, establish pull, and pursue perfection
What are the principles of Lean?
Clarity, Focus, Discipline and Engagement
What are behaviors of a lean system?
A problem solving method easily scaleable from a small group to a large cross-functional team.
What is Kaizen?
Agile Continuous Improvement Competency Center.
What does ACICC Stand for?
These types of teams have far fewer dependencies on other teams or vendors (thereby reducing lag time), and gives team members the time needed to work together in an efficient manner.
The end result is a team that is able to deliver value quickly and efficiently.
Currently, teams are hampered when members are assigned to multiple initiatives, and they are dependent on many other teams in order to complete their work.
What is the value proposition for dedicated and cross-functional teams?
This concept encourages incremental delivery of value, versus a long development cycle followed by a large release.
What is Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
These statements define the underlying agile principles. Our experience is that the degree to which portfolio and teams can adhere to these principles is a key indicator of success.
See the visual / chart for a list of the principles!
What are the 12 agile principles
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What are some agile scaling frameworks, and which is best?
This is the practice of helping people succeed through change.
What is People Change Management (PCM)?
We have done a lot of training in 2018!
Going forward, we will encourage teams to go through training together, this allows the instructor to focus more on the team's specific context, and provides a richer learning experience for students. We will also be providing a greater focus on follow-up with the team(s) after training.
What are some lessons learned regarding the agile training approach?
These define the underlying values of agile. These values continue to be relevant, we should continue to anchor to them during our enterprise agile journey:
We value Individuals and interactions over process and tools
We value working solutions over Documentation
We value customer collaboration over contract negotiation
We value adapting to change over following a plan
What is the agile manifesto?
These two key behaviors drive the solution to results. (From People Change Management)
What are awareness and adoption and why are they important?
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What is Kanban, and how is it different than Scrum?
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What is the value proposition proposition for enterprise change agility?
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What is the value proposition for giving teams time to INNOVATE?
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What is the Change Agility Mindset?
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What is an empowered team?
An approach to determine the potential root causes of a defect or a problem
What are the 5 whys?
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What is 3.4.
Contact MB-AgileContinuousImprovement
How can I engage with the ACICC Team?