The document discusses developing personal agility through defining goals and creating an action plan. It introduces the Personal Agility Canvas as a tool to help individuals assess their strengths, weaknesses, environment and desired changes in their transition to being more agile. The canvas is used to define specific and measurable goals before creating an action plan with next steps and finding an accountability partner to help achieve those goals.
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Agile 2014 - Personal Agility Canvas - Dave Prior
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Dave
Prior,
PMP,
CSM,
CSPO,
CST,
PMI-足ACP
The
Personal
Agility
Canvas
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Agenda
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Introduction and Background
The Five Measures
De鍖ning Your Personal Agility Goals
The Personal Agility Canvas
Developing a Personal Agility Action Plan
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} Dave Prior, Agile Shepherd
} BigVisible Solutions
PMP | CSM | CSPO | CSP | CST | PMI-ACP | MBA
20 years leading IT Projects
Former Chair PMI IT&T SIG
Reluctant Agilist
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} Contact Info:
} Email: dprior@bigvisible.com
} Twitter: @mrsungo
} Web: http://bigvisible.com
} Blog: http://drunkenpm.blogspot.com
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Know the other and know yourself:
One hundred challenges without danger,
Know not the other and yet know
yourself:
One triumph for one defeat;
Know not the other and know not
yourself:
Every challenge is certain peril
R.L. Wing The Art of Strategy
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The Five Measures
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The Art of War is the oldest military
treatise in the world.
It was put together by Sun Tzu*
It is over 2,000 years old.
There are thousands of translations.
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It is the greatest book ever written about
project management.
Its lessons can be applied everywhere.
~with one exception
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The Five Measures
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This is war.
It is the most important skill in the nation.
It is the basis of creation and destruction.
It is the philosophy of survival or extinction.
Everyone must investigate competition
The Amazing Secrets of Sun Tzus The Art of War by Gary Gagliardi
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Five Working Fundamentals
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1.Tao
2.Climate
3.Ground
4.Leadership
5.Discipline
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Translating The Five Measures
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Warfare Your Company Yourself
Tao How the troops are
inspired to follow
The Way
The culture and
value system of
your company
Your personal
beliefs and value
system
Climate
The weather in
which you will do
battle
Political Landscape
Personal
environmental
noise
Ground
Terrain on which the
battle will take
place
Reporting Structure
Your role/place
within context
Leadership Leadership Style(s) Leadership Style(s)
How do you lead?
How are you lead?
Discipline How disciplined are
the troops
Ability to Do What
They Say
Your personal
discipline
10. Tao
The culture and value
system of your company
Climate
Political Landscape
Ground
Reporting Structure
Leadership
Leadership Style(s)
Discipline
Ability to Do What They Say
CompanyAgility
11. Tao
Your personal beliefs and
value system
Climate
Personal environmental noise
Ground
Your role/place within context
Leadership
How do you lead?
How are you lead?
Discipline
Your personal discipline
PersonalAgility
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The Five Measures
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Those who understand them will triumph.
Those who do not understand them will be
defeated
R.L. Wing The Art of Strategy
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De鍖ning Your Personal Agility Goals
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Becoming Agile is a Pain in the Ass
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What is your reason for practicing Agile?
What do you want to get from it?
What do you expect to get from it?
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Defining Done
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How will you know when you get there?
16. Who do you want to be today?
Flynn The Dude ObadiahRooster
The Bridges Spectrum
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The Personal Agility Canvas
18. Hustlers of the world,
there is one Mark you
cannot beat: The Mark
Inside.
19. Goals Actions Needed
The Mark Inside
Environment
Interactions
with Others
Strengths
Fears / Concerns
Desired Changes
In what ways are you the
thing blocking your way
with respect to
transitioning to Agile?
What have you already
identi鍖ed that may require a
change so that you can
better support an Agile
approach?
!
Possible Categories:
Behavior
Speech
Mindset
Interactions
What will yourValue
Proposition be? How will
adopting a more Agile
approach better support
the organization?
What about your
interactions with Others
is / is not in sync with your
desired Agile state?
Are there things about your
workspace/environment
that could (should) be
changed to better support
your transition to Agile?
What are the very next steps that need to
be taken to build momentum in your
transition to Agile?
What are your goals for transitioning
to Agile?
How will you know when your goals
have been achieved?
What abilities, experiences,
behaviors will you be able
to leverage to strengthen
your transition?
Transitioning to Agile is not
an easy thing.What about
the possibility of transition
is a cause for anxiety or
stress?
Value
Proposition
PersonalAgilityCanvas
20. Goals Actions Needed
The Mark Inside
Environment
Interactions with
Others
Strengths
Fears / Concerns
Desired Changes
In what ways are you the thing
blocking your way with respect
to transitioning to Agile?
What have you already identi鍖ed
that may require a change so
that you can better support an
Agile approach?
!
Possible Categories:
Behavior
Speech
Mindset
Interactions
What will yourValue
Proposition be? How will
adopting a more Agile approach
better support the organization?
What about your interactions
with Others is / is not in sync
with your desired Agile state?
Are there things about your
workspace/environment that
could (should) be changed to
better support your transition
to Agile?
What are the very next steps that need to be
taken to build momentum in your transition to
Agile?
What are your goals for transitioning to
Agile?
How will you know when your goals have
been achieved?
What abilities, experiences,
behaviors will you be able to
leverage to strengthen your
transition?
Transitioning to Agile is not an
easy thing.What about the
possibility of transition is a cause
for anxiety or stress?
Value Proposition
Personal Agility Canvas v 1.0 by Dave Prior
I am able to offer the unique
perspective of a traditional PM
who was deeply anti Agile, that
has come to see its value and
been able to transition
I am driven by a deep personal
desire to help other PM minded
folks make the transition to
Agile with less dif鍖culty than I
did
I am still a PM at heart
and while I believe in
Agile, I also feel that at
certain times, in certain
situations, a directive
approach is the best
option
I am still skeptical
I am still judgmental
I am often mistrusting
Because I still see things from
a PMs perspective, I am able
to speak to them in their
language and I understand
their concerns (this is good an
bad)
If I am expert at anything
Agile, it is how NOT to do it
My work experiences have
made it hard to let go of
Theory X
I bring a lot of experience with
seeing waterfall orgs struggle
and fail to adopt Agile
successfully. I can help people
see the things they need to
watch out for
1. Address knowledge gaps
2. Focus on teaching has left
little time for coaching
My experience with PM and
the transition has left me
tainted with an inability to see
the good points of bringing
back some traditional
practices (SAFe)
PMP is my Scarlet Letter
and I can never shake it
off (and if I do, what value
do I bring?)
Experience
Healthy skepticism
Ability to see beyond the
process
Belief in the power of working
with engaged Agile Teams
Im good with the Big Bad
I welcome the scary
I do my best to embrace my
failures
I have no mirror right now
1. Address my Knowledge gaps : DevOps, Alternatives to SAFe, UX and Agile (Research each topic
well enough to explain it to someone else)
2. Deepen my understanding of Lean history (Read the 2 books I have at home)
3. Find time to work with Agile teams more (get assigned to a short term assessment during Q3/Q4
and/or virtual coaching, keep helping Share2Give
1. Block out time each week for reading/research
2. Actually do the reading research
3. Work with Priya and Howard to 鍖nd time for me to do virtual coaching and or an onsite
assessment
4. Find an accountability partner to help coach me on this
I need a more mobile
solution for my Kanban
board
I need a better way to
gauge and track my actual
available time so that I can
protect my time with my
family better
Daves Personal Agility Canvas 5/29/14
21. Goals Actions Needed
The Mark Inside
Environment
Interactions
with Others
Strengths
Fears / Concerns
Desired Changes
In what ways are you the
thing blocking your way
with respect to
transitioning to Agile?
What have you already
identi鍖ed that may require a
change so that you can
better support an Agile
approach?
!
Possible Categories:
Behavior
Speech
Mindset
Interactions
What will yourValue
Proposition be? How will
adopting a more Agile
approach better support
the organization?
What about your
interactions with Others
is / is not in sync with your
desired Agile state?
Are there things about your
workspace/environment
that could (should) be
changed to better support
your transition to Agile?
What are the very next steps that need to
be taken to build momentum in your
transition to Agile?
What are your goals for transitioning
to Agile?
How will you know when your goals
have been achieved?
What abilities, experiences,
behaviors will you be able
to leverage to strengthen
your transition?
Transitioning to Agile is not
an easy thing.What about
the possibility of transition
is a cause for anxiety or
stress?
Value
Proposition
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These could be filled
out in any order, and
you will probably want
to take multiple
passes to complete
this canvas. This is
just a suggestion.
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De鍖ning Your Personal Agility !
Action Plan
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Accountability Partners
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1. Find a Partner (someone you dont work with)
2. Share three things you will plan to do based on your
Personal Agility Canvas
3. Commit to them (in writing) with an expected due date
for each
4. Exchange personal contact information with your partner
5. Schedule a check in time
6. Embrace the guilt!
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One 鍖nal thought (request)
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Questions?
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The Art of War
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If youd like to learn more about The Art of War, here
are a few recommendations:
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The Art of War (Pocket Edition) - Thomas Cleary
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The Art of Strategy - R.L. Wing
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The Art of War Plus Its Amazing Secrets - Gary
Gagliardi