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Agile teams produce software and releases at a frequent pace and run into the wall of IT service management (ITSM) that creates a queue to wait for approvals and deployments. How do we get to the utopia or Land of Narnia where we can automate building software products, execute validation tests, and deploy into production?

DevOps and the ITSM integration will eliminate the queue and reduce the waste of waiting for the IT team members to get approvals and manually deploy software to production. In the land of Narnia we can find happiness and deliver quality software products frequently to production without the constraints of ITSM.

Benefits

* Apply DevOps in your environment

* Connect DevOps activities with ITSM and be successful

* Become aware of tools to support DevOps and ITSM integration

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Podcast produced by Dr. Dave Cornelius.  Copyright 2016.

Agile teams produce software and releases at a frequent pace and run into the wall of IT service management (ITSM) that creates a queue to wait for approvals and deployments. How do we get to the utopia or Land of Narnia where we can automate building software products, execute validation tests, and deploy into production?

DevOps and the ITSM integration will eliminate the queue and reduce the waste of waiting for the IT team members to get approvals and manually deploy software to production. In the land of Narnia we can find happiness and deliver quality software products frequently to production without the constraints of ITSM.

Benefits

* Apply DevOps in your environment

* Connect DevOps activities with ITSM and be successful

* Become aware of tools to support DevOps and ITSM integration

Watch the video slides below:

Podcast produced by Dr. Dave Cornelius.  Copyright 2016.

 Heidi Helfand

Hello and welcome to KnolShare with Dr. Dave, hosted on GrokShare.com and available on iTunes and Google Play.  This is episode #26 with Heidi Helfand.  This podcast was recorded while Heidi was driving from San Francisco to Santa Barbara.  Actually, Heidi pulled over for the conference call so she could concentrate on the topic and she would not be a distracted driver.  Heidi recently released her book titled “Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams” published on Lean Pub.  I am certainly intrigued by the topic and look forward to reading the book and learning more from Heidi.

Heidi stated, a team is a group of people working on a shared goal, such as software.  Some people misinterpret the Scrum pattern about stable teams as keeping the teams’ static.  I don’t agree that teams need to be the same all the time as people come and go, which changes the team dynamics.  Reteaming help us to share towers of knowledge and reduce the knowledge silos.  It is also a risk mitigation for information loss of people leaving the building and moving to other companies.  Also you can be distributed teams and still reteam to ensure freshness in team members.

To learn more about Heidi, visit her website at www. HeidiHelfand.com and Google her book“Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams” published on Lean Pub.  Tweet with Heidi @HeidiHelfand on Twitter.

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Greetings and welcome to KnolShare with Dr. Dave.  KnolShare with Dr. Dave is hosted on GrokShare.com and available on iTunes and Google Play.  You are listening to episode #25 with Jurgen Appelo.  Our topic today covers Jurgen’s book Managing for Happiness and his unique insights into creating an environment for both managers and the builders of things to prosper and be happy.

Learn more about Jurgen Appelo at http://jurgenappelo.com/.

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Episode #24: Transforming Your Leadership Character Live at AgileSD located downtown San Diego at the LEARN Academy (LEARNacademy.org).

Dr Dave shared his experience and perspective on agile leadership to a small but enthusiastic group of agile practitioners.  The discussion centered on emergent leadership and the journey to become a resilient starter and finisher through the practice of lean thinking and agility.  At the conclusion of the presentation, the audience self organized into a small team of five and played the Agility LeaderShift Game.  Thank you Ellen for being such a gracious host and for the IPA.

 

Click to purchase your copy of the Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way book and Agility LeaderShift game.

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 Alicia McLain, Agile Coach and Leader

Alicia is a Lean Agile Transformation | Executive Coach with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry
She coaches, trains and transforms mid-size to large companies domestically & internationally.
Alicia has had 12 years coaching & consulting in Project/Program Management; 3 Years Software Development Management; and 10 years in the Agile community as a hands on transformation leader, trainer and coach.

Alicia is passionate about using Agile practices to build high performing teams!

 

The best way to reach me: Alicia R. McLain, MA, PMP, CSP, ICP

Connect on LInkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciarmclain

Follow me on Twitter: @AgileLeaderSD

My Website: www.operational-innovations.com/

My office phone: 619-972-0453

Or email directly: [email protected]

 

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Dr. Dave Share his perspective on Leadership in Agile environments.

Greetings and welcome to another fabulous moment of knowledge sharing.  This is Dr. Dave and you are listening to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on GrokShare.com.  KnolShare with Dr. Dave is also on iTunes and Google Play.  You are listening to episode #22, Transforming Your Leadership Character: Making it Happen with Lean Thinking and Agility, live at AgileSocal in Irvine, California.  AgileSocal is the longest running agile meet-up in Southern California and is hosted by Paul Moore.  When I spoke with Paul, he indicated AgileSocal is somewhere between 12 to 14 years old.  The gathering started during the Xtreme Programming days and transformed with the Scrum movement.  Speaking at AgileSocal is like playing CBGB in New York or Second City in Chicago.  I began my story with Harvard Business Review (HBR) rejecting my article and it motivated me to write the 100-page book “Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way” and created an agile game called “Agility LeaderShift”.  Both available on Amazon.com.

 

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Agile portfolio has similar desired outcomes as traditional portfolio techniques.  The agile portfolio goals are 1) select the right opportunity to maximize sustainable profit, 2) remove non-value outcome activities, and 3) build alignment throughout the organization.

The agile practice is iterative and the focus will be to authorize work on a quarterly basis.  This provides flexibility to inspect and adapt according to customer demands and market conditions.

Our discussion will explore the weighted shortest job first (WSJF) technique to select the right opportunity with the highest priority.

Topics:

* Align the Organization

* Iterative Strategy

* Lean Thinking and Agility

* Strategic Discovery

* Prioritizing Strategic Value

* Weighted Shortest Job (Value) First (WSJF)

* Agile Portfolio – Right Value Done Right

* Measuring the Promise

* Culture Matters

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Learning communities within organizations are powerful sources of engaged people.  This is where the most productive and satisfied people increase profitability through innovation.  It all begins with hiring the right people at the right time to perform the right job.

Employees to Seek

Recently, I read a New York Times article from February 25, 2016 titled “What Google Learned from its Quest to Build the Perfect Team”.  The article highlighted the effort expended by Google to find the right people to help make innovative products.

The key attributes Google seek in candidates are the following:

* Emergent leaders

* Able to tackle difficult problems

* Owners not employees

* Cognitive ability

* Analytical skills

Leadership Engagement

When leadership is engaged and provide a pathway for people thrive the organization excels.  It matters when the organization’s leadership is attentive to the needs of the people producing wealth for the shareholders.

Selecting, Hiring, and Retaining People

Selecting, hiring, and retaining the right people is not easy.  The talent acquisition organization is busy trying to locate and hirer the right people to meet the demands of human capital.  This work is difficult and candidates should be:

* Culture fit

* Candidates with the ability to interact and communicate

* Curious and creative thinkers

* Character of trust and loyalty

“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.  And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

Holacracy Culture

The leaders at Zappos developed a culture of holacracy to empower people in the organization to self-organize and thrive.  Everyone in the organization owns the responsibility to get work done based on assigned roles.

Engaged Employees 

A Gallup poll in 2015 stated engaged employees are less likely to have health problems

Engaged employees help to increase the company’s bottom line.

In a Harvard Business Review survey 71% of the respondents stated engaged employees as critical to achieving overall organizational success

The following are a few learning activities to engage the learning communities:

* Lunch-n-Learn

* Open Space Sessions

* Get out of the Building

* Retrospectives

* Science Fair

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 Richard Kasperowski

Hello once again and this is Dr. Dave and you are listening to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on GrokShare.com.  KnolShare with Dr. Dave is also on iTunes and Google Play.  You are listening to episode #19, Richard Kasperowski share his experiences and insights about Kids CoderDojo.  CoderDojo is an international network of free computer programing clubs for young people.  I am a big fan of empowering our student’s future through agility, technology, and lean business.  I am honored to be with a kindred spirit.  Richard is the author of “Core Protocols”, a book inspired by the work of Jim and Michele McCarthy.

He pursues a vision that all software developers and teams are great.

Duration: 17:50

Three important core protocols is 1) pass or check out because you have the freedom to decide what you want to do, 2) ask for help, and 3) investigate and have an open mind to be curious about new things.  All things needed to explore, create, and innovate.

Follow Richard on Tritter at @RKasper and read more at www.kasperowski.com

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