Agile Philippines Meetup 2020.07
We are halfway through 2020! Another online Agile Philippines meetup, and we switched back to a monthly cadence, after doing “shorter sprints” to better learn and adapt to these strange times.
We also made use of a photo from a past meetup in the meeting invite:
We had one big call, and used lean coffee to facilitate meetup. We covered 5 topics, with 20 minute time boxes per topic. The discussions turn philosophical, and a bit political, but quite rich and insightful nonetheless!
Topics and schedule were:
7:05 PM–8:45 PM:
- SAFe — Agile on the outside but Waterfall on the inside. How might we change or address deeply rooted behaviors or practices (i.e. Software Development).
- Why most organizations fall into the trap of investing in agile practices without understanding the agile principles behind it?
- What new agile-related thing did you get to learn and practice during the pandemic?
- Can somebody with zero knowledge/background in IT take the certification exam and be a Scrum Master? Is it advisable? What could be the possible repercussions?
- When not to be agile?
Links and tidbits shared in the group chat:
- Kids Skipping Steps Meme Template: https://www.kapwing.com/explore/kid-skipping-steps-meme-template
- “It’s not Scaled, it’s not Agile, and it’s not a Framework”
- Skipping Stairs: https://imgflip.com/i/49rr0c
- “Descale to scale”
- “Q(ue) time!”
- Leading an Organization Transformation: A Practices-based Approach vs. A Culture-Based Approach, with Eric Landes: https://agilecoachescorner.libsyn.com/leading-an-organization-transformation-a-practices-based-approach-vs-a-culture-based-approach-with-eric-landes
- Adopting Agile (+ video long-term view on Agile adoptions): https://ealden.escanan.com/adopting-agile-75fc0074329
- Lightning decision jam: https://uxplanet.org/lightning-decision-jam-a-workshop-to-solve-any-problem-65bb42af41dc
- “Just let the silence. then take it to the retro”
- “Start on the Relationship Building within the group, I think one that is established, it helps people open up and getting more comfortable.”
- “You have to trust that these people understand and can apply what they’ve learned outside the training. Probably think of it this way: Some people can be verbally participative yet deep inside they don’t agree or don’t care :)”
- Leading Through Complexity and Chaos: Zoom meeting (need to register)
- Oxherding: https://terebess.hu/english/oxherding.html
- RSGT2020 Keynote by Jim Coplien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIsXKG-YFeI
- “Every last Wednesday (of a month, except December)”
We started wrapping up close to 9:00 in the evening. We had a short retrospective, followed by a group screenshot. As always, we think we could have gone longer, but that will have to wait until the next meetup!
Agile Philippines meetups happen every last Wednesday of a month. This is a community event, and is only made possible by the people who go to the meetups, and the organizations who open their doors to allow us to meet as a community.
Please do reach out to our Facebook group or Slack if your organization is interested in hosting a future meetup.
See you in August!
