2. Joseph Flahiff
PMI Agile CoP
Board Member
15+ years Traditional and Agile
President of Whitewater Projects, Inc.
Author, Speaker, Coach, Consultant
joseph@whitewaterprojects.com
PMI
ACP
3. What does it
mean to
be Agile?
Agile is the ability to adapt to changes as fast or
faster than changes occur.
Agile is NOT a noun…it’s an adjective
Flexible
11. Execution in
Volatile Contexts
Leaders have the ANSWERS
STABLE work processes
are put in place
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
is a huge undertaking
Feedback is ONE-WAY
Employee judgment is DISCOURAGED
Fear (of the boss) is NORMAL
Leaders set DIRECTION (strategy)
EXECUTION IN VOLITILE CONTEXTEXECUTION IN STABLE CONTEXT
TENTATIVE work processes
provide a starting point
CONSTANT SMALL CHANGES
are a way of life
Feedback is TWO-WAY
Employee judgment is ESSENTIAL
Fear inhibits EXPERIMENTATION,
ANALYSIS, and PROBLEM SOLVING
GOAL Execute on known now. GOAL Create value over the long term
Adapted from: Teaming Amy C. Edmondson | Novartis Professor of Leadership & Management | Harvard Business School
20. Power or right to give
orders, make
decisions, and
enforce obedience.
Authority
21. Legitimate Positional Police, Judge
Reward
Ability to
give rewards
Boss
Coercive
Ability to
Punish
Judge
Expert Knowledge Einstein
Referent
Persuasive,
Charisma
Mother
Theresa
Referential
Given by
reference
Project
Manager
Types of
Authority
22. The IDEAL PO
Customer Value minded
Only Job
Top Priority
Understands product
Understands customers
Has Political clout
Compensated on success
Decisions cannot be
overruled
26. Joseph Flahiff
PMI Agile CoP
Board Member
15+ years Traditional and Agile
President of Whitewater Projects, Inc.
Author, Speaker, Coach, Consultant
joseph@whitewaterprojects.com
PMI
ACP
27. The Absent Product Owner
Multiple Product Owners
The Powerless Product Owner
PO Problems
28. Absent product
owner
Business Value minded
Only Job
Top Priority
Understands product
Understands customers
Has Political clout
Compensated on
success
Decisions cannot be
overruled
?
29. Symptoms
Decisions lag for
days sometimes
weeks
Too busy for Demos
Stair step
Cumulative Flow
(next slides)
?
31. Multiple
Product Owners
Business Value minded
Only Job
Top Priority
Understands product
Understands customers
Has Political clout
Compensated on
success
Decisions cannot be
overruled
32. Decisions lag for days
sometimes weeks
Frequently needs to
confirm direction
Symptoms
33. Cures
More Frequent steering
meetings
PO Chairs the Steering
committee
Deliver to inspire
34. The Powerless
Product Owner
Business Value minded
Only Job
Top Priority
Understands product
Understands customers
Has Political clout
Compensated on success
Decisions cannot be
overruled
35. The Powerless
Product Owner
Frequent need to get
approval
Inability to make final
decisions
Decisions made are
reversed
36. Power for the
Powerless Product
Owner
Find who has the power
Recruit them as PO
Get them to empower
Existing
Legitimate Positional Police, Judge
Reward
Ability to give
rewards
Boss
Coercive
Ability to
Punish
Judge
Expert Knowledge Einstein
Referent
Persuasive,
Charisma
Mother
Theresa
Referential
Given by
reference
Project
Manager
37. The IDEAL PO
Business Value minded
Only Job
Top Priority
Understands product
Understands customers
Has Political clout
Compensated on success
Decisions cannot be
overruled