That Settles It! Techniques for Transparent and Trusted Decision-Making on Your Agile Team

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1 That Settles It! Techniques for Transparent and Trusted Decision-Making on Your Agile Team EBG Consulting, 2012 Ellen Gottesdiener EBG Consulting, Following is a partial set of slides At our workshop Wednesday, attendees will get a handout with a full set of slides, along with worksheets for our workshop activities. I look forward to seeing you there! ~ ellen EBG Consulting,

2 Ellen Gottesdiener Founder & Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting Facilitator, trainer, mentor, agile coach, conf. advisor, author Certified Professional Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master IIBA BABOK : expert reviewer; contributor to agile extension Author: articles, blog, books Twitter: ellengott Blog: ebgconsulting.com/blog enewsletter: Success with Requirements free - sign up at EBG Consulting, give-away! EBG Consulting,

3 decisions decide how to decide decision models wrap EBG Consulting, act of making up your mind about something position or opinion or judgment reaches after consideration something that results decision Source: Visualthesarus.com EBG Consulting,

4 agile teams decide on EBG Consulting, agile team values product people process quality transparency fast feedback value accountability all in, collaborate just enough courage small steps validated learning mutual learning retrospect continually EBG Consulting,

5 more agile team values EBG Consulting, decision-making: traps, risks and blunders group dynamics, psychology process EBG Consulting,

6 decision-making styles delegative democratic consensus consultative Source: Vroom and Jago, 1998 and Vroom and Yetton, 1973 EBG Consulting, what is consensus? state of mutual agreement among members of a group where all legitimate concerns of individuals have been addressed to the satisfaction of the group Saint and Lawson requires group membership to include those: affected by the decision implementing the decision supporting the implementation EBG Consulting,

7 decision style: efficiency, sustainability EBG Consulting, trust contractual communication competency Source: Reina and Reina, 2006 EBG Consulting,

8 values for group effectiveness valid information free and informed choice internal commitment Source: Roger Schwarz, 2002 EBG Consulting, individual vs. group decisions EBG Consulting,

9 collaboration pattern: Decide How to Decide a group needs to reach closure on a specific issue people must know when and whether a decision is made see worksheets. EBG Consulting, using decision rules EBG Consulting,

10 stakeholders and roles RAPID Recommend Agree Perform Input Decide see worksheets. Source: Rogers and Blenko, 2006 EBG Consulting, good decisions checklist EBG Consulting,

11 twitter ellengott more agile about EBG ebgconsulting.com/agile.pdf EBG Consulting, ! New! Discovering Product Needs for Agile Delivery and Discover to Deliver: Agile Analysis Practices EBG s agile services EBG Consulting,