How a spider (diagram) supported my (personal) growth, and how you can have yours.
Slides used at Milano eXtreme Programming User Group XPug-Mi on 28/Mar/2018: https://www.meetup.com/Milano-eXtreme-Programming-User-Group/events/248798612/
Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WuF474eDG8
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A spider (diagram) could help...
Self assessments
Specific on roles, i.e.
• Chief Technology Officers, e.g. by L.Minudel
• Product Owners, e.g. by B.Overeem
• Agile Coaches, e.g. by L.Minudel
Axes
Direction
of growth
Levels
For progress
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An example: the Agile Coach self assessment - what it is
Specializations
Core
Specializations
Core
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An example: the AC self assessment - how to use it
Suggested approach
1. Assess yourself
2. Plan your improvements
3. Track your progress
(repeat)
Of support...
1. Levels + Axes descriptions
2. Checklist, per level, per axis
3. Checkpoints & help
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• (Kind of) checklist, per level, per axis
• Learning resources
Step-by-step: (2) Detailed, for planning impros
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Started with
• A checkpoint each 1-2 months
Level [+ Action(s) + ETA]
• A GSheet [+ a coach]
Added
• Planned vs. Actual
• Evidences to support self perception
• Graphs, over time
What's next, maybe
• 360 Feedback, on some aspects
Step-by-step: (3) Free style, for tracking progress
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Step-by-step: (3) Free style, for tracking progress #trapunveiled
2 2.5 3.5
Book "Lean
Thinking"
Book "Toyota Kata"
+ Whitepaper SAFe
(Unfinished)
books + practice
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Opportunities and risks
+ Offers Focus (i.e. on axes)
+ Alignment w/in context
+ Rhythm helps
+ Visualization is powerful
+ It worked (on me!)
- Just a way, not the way
- Subjective
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"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
+25%
+75%
+25%
+75%
-13%
You can cheat yourself
Support by others [not judgement!]
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Further references
• PO Self assessment workshop
• OKR referring to Andrew Grove, High Output Management
• Where do I want to go? The objective.
• How will I pace myself to see if I am getting there? The milestones / key results