The document discusses learning processes for implementing agile practices. It advocates for emergent learning processes over prescriptive ones. An example is given of an emergent practice where a software company continuously validates client ideas to eliminate waste and involves the client in the process. Challenges that can arise include clients disturbing teams or being uncomfortable with failure. The document encourages studying and experimenting with self-organization to create emergent practices.

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the true pattern for
succeeding with agile
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4. But let’s talk about cases of success (or failure)
with Agile methods.
What is your story?

7. draw inside the circle an agile
practice your organisation are
using currently

10. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/10/29/microsofts-sixteen-keys-to-becoming-agile-at-scale/#4c187fe58f4d

17. What we are learning from these stories?
What we are copying?

18. Let’s talk about
learning

19. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself

20. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself

21. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself
?
?
?
?
?
?

23. So please Spotify, Microsoft, Salesforce, Google,
Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, Dean Leffingwell, …
could you please tell me more about your learning
process when implementing Agile,
and less about the result of it!

24. Investigating how
Scrum was created

28. There is life (and content on
complexity) BEYOND cynefin

35. Versioning
Learning Processes

37. learning learning learning

38. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself
If you promote prescriptive learning in the process

39. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself
If you promote prescriptive learning in the process
You practice good/best practices here

41. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself
If you promote emergent learning in the process

42. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself
If you promote emergent learning in the process
You practice emergent practices here

44. your agile practice is here
Draw in this area the learning process used
to build/choose/learn that specific agile practice.
Was the process prescriptive or emergent?

47. As a client I feel frustrated
when a software dev company
deliver to me a bunch of
useless features because it
means I’m wasting money and
time to market with this project

48. the product of
learning
it’s the result of a
learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning
experience itself
As a client I feel frustrated
when a software dev company
deliver to me a bunch of
useless features because it
means I’m wasting money and
time to market with this project

49. the product of learning
it’s the result of a learning experience
the process of learning
it’s what produces the learning experience itself

51. As a client I feel frustrated
when a software dev company
deliver to me a bunch of
useless features because it
means I’m wasting money and
time to market with this project

52. visiting other companies,
conferences, …
interviewing people within our organisation…

53. visiting other
companies,
conferences, …
interviewing people
within our organisation…

54. Emergent Practice
Expected Results:
1. As we are validating client ideas
continuously we’re capable to identify
and eliminate waste quickly;
2. When failing is inevitable the impact is
small
3. The client feels part of the
process

55. Emergent Practice
Expected Results:
1. As we are validating client ideas
continuously we’re capable to identify
and eliminate waste quickly;
2. When failing is inevitable the impact is
small
3. The client feels part of the
process
give it a name!

57. Visible Results:
1. As we are validating client ideas
continuously we’re capable to
identify and eliminate waste
quickly;

58. Visible Results:
1. As we are validating client ideas
continuously we’re capable to
identify and eliminate waste
quickly;
Side-effect:
1. Client is disturbing the team
2. Client is not comfortable
with failure
3. Client says she has no
availability to be part of
the process

59. Side-effect:
1. Client is disturbing the team
2. Client is not comfortable
with failure
3. Client says she has no
availability to be part of
the process

60. Final words

63. 1) Identifying (and understanding) Self-organisation
2) Studying (and experimenting with) Self-organisation
3) Creating Self-organisation (artificial emergence)
“The history of emergence has entered a new phase
in the past few years, one that should prove to be more
revolutionary than the two phases before it."

64. Let’s create
Emergence!
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