In this presentation I looked at how fears come in the way of a successful Agile transformation, constricting thinking and pinching choices. The presentation was held on the 23th of April 2016 during the Codecamp conference.

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2. Conquering
The Common Fears
That Burden Agile Teams
Ionut Grecu
Scrum Master
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3. Objectives
Understand how fear
can hold you back from
being who you could be
Develop an ability to
reframe how you think
about fearful situations
Learn to take risks in
which you may fail and
learn to survive failure

4. Actual Improvements from Implementing Agile
Got Better
81%
No Change
5%
Got Worse
3%
Don't Know
11%
INCREASED TEAM MORALE/MOTIVATION
* The 10th annual State of Agile Report

5. Agile Requires a
Shift in Mindset

6. Agile Is All About
Change

8. Fear Is An Adaptive Response - Sometimes

9. Phobiais an intense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no
actual danger.

10. Courage
Scrum
XP
Because we work as a team, we feel supported and have more
resources at our disposal. This gives us the courage to undertake
greater challenges.
We will tell the truth about progress and estimates. We don't
document excuses for failure because we plan to succeed. We
don't fear anything because no one ever works alone. We will
adapt to changes when ever they happen.

11. Fear Of Change

12. Metathesiophobia

13. Charles
Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species
that survives, nor the most intelligent
that survives. It is the one that is
most adaptable to change.

14. What You Need To Know About Change

15. Change is inevitable

16. Your resistance to change is often
a struggle between opposing
factors of your own personality

17. Change is generally easier if you
cope with it in stages

18. Unlearn what you’ve already
learned

19. The end state is unpredictable

20. Benjamin
Franklin
When you are finished changing,
you are finished.

21. Fear Of Conflict

23. Fear Of Vulnerability

24. The Myth Of The Genius Programmer

25. Fear Of Losing The Identity

26. Testers’ Fears
Fear that they will lose
their QA identity
Fear that they lack the skills
to work in an agile team and
will lose their jobs
Fear that when they’re
dispersed into development
teams, they won’t get the
support they need

27. We Still Love Testers

28. Fear Of Failure

29. Atychiphobia

30. Failure – A Matter of
Perspective

31. Ellen
DeGeneres
It's failure that gives you the proper
perspective on success

32. Prerequisites For Mastering Your Fears

33. Acknowledge Fear as a Core
Attitude1

34. Realize That You Can Change2

35. Embrace Change3

36. Friedrich
Nietzsche
The snake which cannot shed its skin
has to die. As well as the minds
which are prevented from changing
their opinions; they cease to be
mind.

37. Are You Ready?

38. We have time for questions

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Thanks!