How long does it take your team to fully embrace Scrum?
I met Jeff Sutherland last night at the Scrum GOTO Night here in Zürich and he explained a couple of interesting bits…
One idea was the Scrum Shock Therapy: In 10 Sprint to 400% productivity
I heard about it before, but never got it explained by himself.
Here is my recap:
As a Coach you bring a team as fast as possible through 3 phases:
Shu, Ha, Ri.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuhari
- In the Shu phase you act as a dictator and they must follow your rules.
- In the Ha phase you are the facilitator of Scrum and their work.
- In the Ri phase you try to leave the team and just leave them.
In Jeffs experience this lasts around 10 one-week Sprints.
A common discussion you get then:
Engineer: “But I can’t do anything in one week!”
Scott: “Then simple math suggests that you can only do four nothings in a month.”
I think this highlights an issue we see very often: People are not able to split up work into smaller pieces. But in the end you do that anyway, since you have to start with 1 line of code/documentation/design anyway…
The whitepaper from Scott Downey
http://rapidscrum.com/shock.php
An article from Jeff related to this
Scrum “Shock Therapy” How To Change Teams FAST
http://scrum.jeffsutherland.com/2012/01/scrum-shock-therapy-how-to-change-teams.html
Can you change Scrum?
Great article by fellow Scrum trainer Dominik Maximini
The question to be answered is: “Can you change Scrum?”
Nice:
Scrum is a tool, like a hammer. Once it served it’s purpose (the nail was driven into the wall), you can put it away (stop using Scrum).
Additionally, on your journey of change, I suggest to keep a “Scrum Process Backlog” (silly name). A list of Scrum elements that you have not used or implemented yet, but you should in the near future.
Full article
“Can you change Scrum?
http://scrumorakel.de/blog/index.php?/archives/34-Can-you-change-Scrum.html
7 Reasons Why People Resist Change via @keenleadership
Great write up!
7 reasons for resistance against change
- They flat out do not like the change
- They are discomforted by the uncertainty of change
- They are attached to culture / ways of doing things currently
- They fear change
- They had no say in the change
- They lack conviction for the needed change
- Believe the timing is wrong for the change to happen.
And 6 ways what to do about it
- Education and communication
- Participation and involvement
- Facilitation and support
- Negotiation and agreement
- Manipulation and cooperation
- Explicit and implicit coercion
My 2cents:
My tips to make changes that stick (Sustainable Change)
- Involve everyone -> Conscious awareness
- Make your idea their idea
- Little improvements and changes every day
- Make change a culture
People do not like other people’s ideas. They like their own ideas … 4 times as much
Have patience and don’t take resistance personal
Full article
7 Reasons Why People Resist Change
http://www.leadershipvibe.net/7-reasons-why-people-resist-change
Video: Reprogramming Ourselves to Use Agile Well
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