Personnel Managers, Team Leads, and Executives have an incredible opportunity to influence Agile Teams. This presentation lists seven practices that will increase the influence stakeholders have on the Agile team.

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@rbkeefer
7 Habits of Highly Effective Stakeholders

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1. Attend the Daily Scrum
2. Note the Story Flow throughout a Sprint
3. Focus on a Specific Goal
4. Encourage a ConstantVelocity
5. Win Early,Win Often
6. Promote Continuous Learning
7. Support the Team
Seven Habits of Effective Stakeholders

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1.Attend Daily Standup Meetings

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• Don’t talk
• Ask clarifying questions - at the end
• Ensure informative status’ are provided
• Ensure team members are engaged
• Identify obstacles
• Don’t Hijack the Meeting!
1.Attend Daily Standup Meetings

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2. Note Progress Flow

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• No work item should take longer that 5 days
• No worker should have more than two work items
• Understand what ‘done’ means
• Ask questions and help remove blocks
2. Note Progress Flow

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3. Focus on a Specific Goal

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• Create a release mission statement
• Resist the urge to pull team members off
• Resist the urge to have the team follow tangents
3. Focus on a Specific Goal

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4. Encourage a ConstantVelocity

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4. Encourage a ConstantVelocity
• Team Composition - Are the right people
with the right skills on the team?
• Process - Understand that simply introducing
new practices will cause disruption
• Environmental Factors - Interruptions, noise,
ventilation, etc.
• Team Dynamics - Some team members may
not play nicely
Calibrate - 3 Sprints Optimize
• Avoid changing out team members
• Avoid pulling team members onto other
projects
• Be responsive to the team’s request for
information and involvement
• Set reasonable expectations of the team

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Remember
Velocity is measured for each
team on each project.
4. Encourage a ConstantVelocity

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5.Win Early,Win Often

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5.Win Early,Win Often
• Set early goals low
• Promote a bias for action
• Equate winning with delivery of business value

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6. Promote Continuous Learning

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6. Promote Continuous Learning
• Promote Study Groups
• Make continuous learning a performance objective
• Ensure that productive retrospectives take place

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7. Support the Team

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7. Support the Team
• Seek to understand the concerns of the team
• Affirm your confidence in the team
• Respond to changing needs of team
• Promote the project AND the team

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1. Attend the Daily Scrum
2. Note the Story Flow throughout a Sprint
3. Focus on a Specific Goal
4. Encourage a ConstantVelocity
5. Win Early,Win Often
6. Promote Continuous Learning
7. Support the Team
Seven Habits of Effective Stakeholders

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What can I do?
• Informative status in
standup meetings
• Be transparent with facts
• Communicate results of
retrospective when
applicable
• Weekly update meetings
Team Members
• Attend standup meetings
and ask questions
• Accept and understand
new information
• Respond when asked for
help
• Weekly update meetings
Stakeholders

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No Seagulls
Don’t fly in, make a lot of noise, poop on everyone, and leave.

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Rob Keefer, PhD
Rob.Keefer@pomiet.com
@rbkeefer
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