Value Talks: Org Smells
Organizational Smells: Smells of an Organization
https://valuetalks.ch/organisational-smells-gerueche-einer-organisation/
A conversation with Peter Gfader
I had the please to talk to Ari about the concept of “Org Smells”:
- What are they?
- How do you spot them?
- What do you do with then?
Recap
Organizational Smells
Organizational Smells are subtle signs or clues of problems in an organization that may indicate ineffective processes, dysfunctional communication, or other issues. By consciously paying attention to these smells, we can identify and address potential problems early.
What are “Organizational Smells” and how can they hinder collaboration and value-creating work?
How do people in a company react to these “smells” and what role does the perspective of external consultants play?
What strategies are used to observe, collect and analyze them?
The Importance of identification and treatment
Identifying and addressing Organizational Smells is an important step in fostering an agile and effective organization. In an environment where employees feel safe to share their observations and concerns, we can create a culture of openness. Transparent communication and shared reflection on these “smells” allow us to understand the root causes and develop solutions together.
How Scrum Can Make You An Awesome Software Engineer
Interview with Joshua Partogi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wZ5CIb0hUI
19:00 Introduction: Peter ❤ Acceleration of Learning.
25:00 Does Scrum make you a worse Software Engineer?
26:30 How does an awesome Software Engineer look like?
30:20 Awesome Engineers focus on the bigger picture.
31:40 Awesome Engineer VS Professional Engineer
38:30 Learning in 5 areas
42:00 Why would people have the perspective “Scrum is making us worse”?
50:44 Kanban & Scrum have 1 thing in common
59:45 Why we move away from Story Points
1:03:40 My experience with Mob Programming and Katas
1:11:00 If its hard, do it more often
1:14:00 What is the difference between knowledge work and simple work?
1:19:00 Mob Programming -> Pair Programming to the max
1:32:10 Why attend the APS-SD? https://scrum.org/aps-sd
THE HUMAN SIDE OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.
https://kerry.lothrop.de/devtalk-72-peter-gfader/ August 2021
WITH PETER GFADER
Here I talk with Kerry Lothrop about the following topics:
- 1:45 Why do companies call you?
- 3:45 How do you recognize these problems? what do you do to solve the company problems?
- 7:00 Do people see and know about these problems themselves?
- 8:05 My “I know you from Stack Overflow” moment
- 9:10 Are people willing to change? Do they want change?
- 12:30 How much are people involved? Are these really social people issues?
- 15:10 One person as the main cause in the team? Effects of hero hackers? What do you do?
- 18:20 Is this part of your job? Get managers ready for Agile?
- 20:20 Should we focus less on technology in job interviews?
- 22:30 How can we learn faster?
- 23:45 How do you check up on the companies later?
- 25:10 Is there the need to have someone permanently like you?
- 27:00 What else should the Scrum Master bring?
- 29:50 What should people do when they see problems in their teams?
- 31:45 I exposed myself us a Java guy… .NET 5, .NETcore all dead 🙂
In this session we answered the following:
- Minute 3:50 – Why is pair programming so hard?
- Minute 11:00 – What techniques can you recommend to make Backlog refinements more interactive and effective?
- Minute 19:00 – How do you handle errors from Production during a Sprint
- Minute 25:00 – How do you measure the team? State/mood/Happiness? Improve the team’s working?
- Minute 31:00 – #NoEstimates what do you think about? Would the project outcome better / same if no estimation?
- Minute 41:00 – How do you balance workload between team members to achieve Goals? Is that the job of a Scrum Master?
- Minute 46:00 – How do you coach teams to see the Scrum events as valuable sessions of work?
- Minute 50:20 – What techniques help if the organization is reluctant to adopt Scrum? How to enable/embrace/change?
A lot of my experience is collected in the 5 interviews on the Scrum Master Toolbox in June 2017:
Monday Story:
- Not seeing the full picture.
- Being a “Team Mom” and not changing the Organisation.
Tuesday podcast:
* on the dangers with remote teams (old story from Australia)
http://scrum-master-toolbox.org/2017/06/podcast/peter-gfader-on-the-dangers-of-working-with-offshore-teams/
We talk about conscious and unconscious Technical debt, which is collected here
https://www.zuehlke.com/blog/en/can-you-find-the-3-smells-in-i-added-a-refactoring-story-for-the-next-cleanup-sprint/
Wednesday podcast about:
* advantages of 1-week sprints
* story points weirdness
* #Mobprogramming
And #Noestimates without mentioning it.
http://scrum-master-toolbox.org/2017/06/podcast/peter-gfader-on-how-to-go-from-boring-up-front-to-noestimates-and-mobprogramming/
Thursday podcast
How do you know you are successful as a Scrum Master?
http://scrum-master-toolbox.org/2017/06/podcast/peter-gfader-on-how-to-define-success-for-scrum-masters-with-the-team-and-the-customer/
Friday podcast
* Visualization as a Systems Thinking Tool
* Get out of your cubicle and pair-work
* Pair consulting/coaching as a good practice
http://scrum-master-toolbox.org/2017/06/podcast/peter-gfader-on-visualization-as-a-systems-thinking-tool/