Greetings,
You are cordially invited to participate in the next "Agile
for OST Facilitators" call! We had 17 folks on Call#1 (see
below)
The idea is it answer questions about Agile adoptions so
that OST folks can more fully understand the Open Agile
Adoption (with Open Space) technique.
The call is limited to just 25 persons, so please note that
your registration is an explicit commitment to attend.
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Call #2: Agile for OST Facilitators Date: Monday October 28
2013 7PM EST
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Purpose of Call: Orient OST folks on Agile adoptions, and
discuss using OST in Agile Adoptions, including discussion
of specific challenges and opportunities.
You can register here...
Registration Link:
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/OGJUMYQ0FRQ67ZR
I hope to talk to you on the call!
Kind Regards,
Dan
www.OpenAgileAdoption.com <http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com>
203 915 7248 <tel:203%20915%207248>
www.DanielMezick.com <http://www.DanielMezick.com>
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DETAILS ON NEXT CALL:
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Call #2:
Agile for OST Facilitators
Date:
Monday October 28 2013 7PM EST
Registration Link:
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/OGJUMYQ0FRQ67ZR
Agenda: One Hour Call #2:
0/ Quick Review: (05 mins)
1/ Answer questions generated from Call#1 (25 mins)
2/ Dialogue/New Questions (25 mins)
3/ Deconvene/Summary (05 mins)
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Recap of Call#1 on 10/05/2013:
1.On Call#1, I suggested that the participants (new and
existing) send questions with the text "[AgileOST]" in the
subject line, so I can collect, list and answer your
questions on the next call.
2.We ended the Call#1 with a suggestion that every one
participating examine these docs:
www.agilemanifesto.org <http://www.agilemanifesto.org>
http://www.agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
https://www.scrum.org/Scrum-Guides
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CALL #2 Details
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Questions that have come in from Call#1 are listed below.
There are many interesting questions.
I plan to answer them on the next call on 10/28.
Senders of questions are not listed in the data.
I disclose these questions so you can see what is
happening, and decide if you want to opt-in to the call.
The questions form the rough agenda; there will be a brief
review at the start.
You can use Call#2 as your entry point; there is no
requirement to have been on Call #1 to participate in Call#2.
If you are new to the topic, consider examining the links
Agile-related links (above) to get oriented before the call.
Q. About Open Agile Adoption:
If the facilitator for the 1st OS is external to the
organization (neutral as oppose to an on-going 'coach'),
why can that person not also facilitate the 2nd
OS? ...granted that it is also a good idea to pass on the
learning of opening space to someone internal if they can
play comfortably that neutral role among their peers.
Q. the question I have is about roles.reading the scrum.org
<http://scrum.org> site, i see different trainings for
different roles. it would be helpful to get a sort of
program, cuz i can't tell the players without a program.
there are a bunch of folks sitting at computers, writing
code, cobbling code, etc. there's some project owner.
there are users. and some others in between. would help
to know something about sizes of groups, training required
for different roles, languages used, and these sorts of
details.
I Q. I struggle with the notion that "agile has become
*mainstream*, while at the same time has a "85% failure"
rate - on the face of it this seems like folly - why would
any company want to adopt agile with such a poor track record?
·Q. In the case of OAA where there has already been an
attempt to adopt agile (rescuing an adoptation), training
in agile (scrum etc) will already have taken place, but in
the case where a unit goes straight into agile via OAA
(straight adaptation), when does the training take place?
Before the first Open Space, or between the two OS event
(as part of liminality)?
·Q. I was a little perplexed by the comment you made on
OSList about there being more ways to fail with Open Space
in agile adoptions than to succeed, this seems to put OST
on a danger list. Put differently, it seemed to suggest
that there is just one right way to run OST to be
successful while there are many wrong ways -- what is not
clear to me is what is that right way?
·Q. In our last teleconference you talked of "proceedings",
but it was not clear to me what you meant by that (OS
proceedings, agile proceedings, other)?
·Q. At the last teleconference we also established that the
follow up after the first OST event is critical for success
-- but how will the follow through be run, and more
importantly who will be responsible for this follow up?
(If it is the OST facilitator then I would have doubts as
to whether OST facilitators who are not also agile experts
are really suitable for OAA.)
·Q. If agile adoptions fail because they are mandated by
senior management, and if we manage to turn this around
with your suggested OAA approach using OST, this will
surely also involve a certain degree of transformation
within senior management ranks (indeed it may lead to a new
kind of resistance at the top). This in turn could lead to
a negative perception of OST itself. Would you like to
comment?
oI say this because I see a parallel problem in lean
adoptions which also often don't bring about expected
results. In lean this may partly be due to mandating, but
more often to either treating lean purely as a technical
tool (rather than a whole system) without the equivalent
Japanese attention to empowering the humans behind the
system, or to very poor support and commitment to lean from
senior management. This leads to lean being run more like
an add-on application rather than a whole new operating system.
On 10/13/13 10:00 PM, Daniel Mezick wrote:
Friendly (last) Reminder regarding the call tomorrow, 7PM
EST:
"Agile for Open Space Facilitators".
There is a minimum of 20 minutes for questions...probably
more.
Hope you can make it!
Dan
This is an invitation to signal interest in learning more
about how Open Space can help Agile adoptions, and
* learn about the structure of the Agile industry, and
* learn about the dynamics of the current Agile adoption
situation, and
* learn how Open Space can play in the Agile Space, and
* learn more about Open Agile Adoption
There will be no marketing of anything whatsoever on this
call. The intent is to offer a gift, to folks here who are
skilled in OST, folks who may not have a
programming/IT/software/Agile background.
The date and time for the proposes conference call is:
Monday, October 14 at 7PM EST
Here is a starting agenda:
1/ What is Agile? What is Agile coaching?
2/ What are some of the special problems with Agile
coaching and Agile adoptions?
3/ How can Open Space help?
4/ Can Open Space facilitators can be Agile coaches? Is
this really possible? If so, what extra stuff do they need
to know?
5/ What is Open Agile Adoption, and why do I care?
6/ What next steps can I take to learn more about the
Agile opportunity?
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Event name and Topic:
"Agile for Open Space Facilitators"
Date: 10/14 (Monday)
Time: 7PM EST
Duration: 1 hour
Registration Link:
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/H5KPHZNVZ5PSJ7XQ
Agenda:
Welcome OST Facilitators!
This is an overview of Agile and Agile adoption practices
for Open Space Facilitators who are new to Agile, new to
Agile adoptions and new to Agile coaching. The purpose of
the call is orient skilled Open Space facilitators so that
they can understand the dynamics of Agile adoptions and
prepare to facilitate Open Space meetings during Agile
adoptions as described at www.OpenAgileAdoption.com
<http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com> and the OSLIST
Schedule:
Minutes, Topic
05, Intro
15, Basic Agile ideas
15, Agile Adoptions (see detail above)
20, Questions and dialogue
05, Summary and conclusion
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On 10/11/13 11:14 AM, Daniel Mezick wrote:
Hi,
Monday 10/14 is the day when you can hop on an
interesting, 1-hour, educational conference call:
"Agile for Open Space Facilitators"
I promise it will be an excellent use of your time!
We will cover Agile as it pertains the use of Open Space
in Agile adoptions.
Here is the registration link and related for the call on
Monday. Signup is very simple! I hope to see you there!
NOTE: The call is limited to 25 participants, so PLEASE
register only if you intend to be on the call. Thanks!
You can reach me as follows:
@DanMezick on Twitter
203 915 7248 <tel:203%20915%207248>
d...@newtechusa.net <mailto:d...@newtechusa.net>
Note:
You may wish to browse www.OpenAgileAdoption.com
<http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com> in advance of this call.
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Event name and Topic:
"Agile for Open Space Facilitators"
Date: 10/14 (Monday)
Time: 7PM EST
Duration: 1 hour
Registration Link:
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/H5KPHZNVZ5PSJ7XQ
Agenda:
Welcome OST Facilitators!
This is an overview of Agile and Agile adoption practices
for Open Space Facilitators who are new to Agile, new to
Agile adoptions and new to Agile coaching. The purpose of
the call is orient skilled Open Space facilitators so
that they can understand the dynamics of Agile adoptions
and prepare to facilitate Open Space meetings during
Agile adoptions as described at www.OpenAgileAdoption.com
<http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com> and the OSLIST
Schedule:
Minutes, Topic
05, Intro
15, Basic Agile ideas
15, Agile Adoptions (see detail below)
20, Questions and dialogue
05, Summary and conclusion
======================================================
I hope to see you there!
Kind Regards,
Dan
On 9/21/13 12:44 PM, Tricia Chirumbole wrote:
Count me in Dan!
Thanks for all of your efforts and energy in encouraging
this exciting melding of practices and communities.
Just became a Certified Scrum Master this week! :) woof!
And launched my new practice that is OST + Scrum/Agile:
Mojo Collaborative!
Best Wishes in Paris Dan!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Donna Read
<donna.r...@managing4wellness.org
<mailto:donna.r...@managing4wellness.org>> wrote:
Hi, Dan, I, too, would be interested. Thanks for
doing this. Best, Donna
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 21, 2013, at 9:24, kath...@energyatplay.com
<mailto:kath...@energyatplay.com> wrote:
Hello Dan,
I'm interested in your offering. I'm just starting
up an online learning community at Microsoft that
is about Adopting Agile for Content Developers.
Kathryn Elliott
On 2013-09-19 10:59, Daniel Mezick wrote:
Greetings,
This is an invitation to signal interest in
learning more about how Open Space can help Agile
adoptions, and
* learn about the structure of the Agile
industry, and
* learn about the dynamics of the current Agile
adoption situation, and
* learn how Open Space can play in the Agile
Space, and
* learn more about Open Agile Adoption
There will be no marketing of anything whatsoever
on this call. The intent is to offer a gift, to
folks here who are skilled in OST, folks who may
not have a programming/IT/software/Agile background.
If there is enough interest from the OST
community, I am ready, willing and able to arrange
and conduct a short, structured phone conference
to address these topics and facilitate some lively
dialogue and Q&A around these topics.
The date and time for the proposes conference call
is:
Monday, October 14 at 7PM EST
Here is a starting agenda:
1/ What is Agile? What is Agile coaching?
2/ What are some of the special problems with
Agile coaching and Agile adoptions?
3/ How can Open Space help?
4/ Can Open Space facilitators can be Agile
coaches? Is this really possible? If so, what
extra stuff do they need to know?
5/ What is Open Agile Adoption, and why do I care?
6/ What next steps can I take to learn more about
the Agile opportunity?
To signal interest:
7/ Please add a brief note of interest to this
thread, by replying to it
8/ Send me an email (d...@newtechusa.net
<mailto:d...@newtechusa.net>} with "OAA 10/14" in
the message subject
You can visit www.OpenAgileAdoption.com
<http://www.OpenAgileAdoption.com> if you want to
investigate these topics a bit more in advance of
responding.
You are invited to signal interest! Based on your
feedback, I will know exactly what to do.
Will you reply by Monday 10/7, or sooner?
Thank you and
Kind Regards,
Dan
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