Author Michael Levine helps us unleash the power of large, diverse teams of smart, experienced individuals to deliver positive business results.
Show Notes
How
can you unleash the power of large, diverse groups of smart, experienced
individuals to deliver positive business results through software development?
Large-scale
software development is a complex endeavor, especially in today’s volatile,
uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.
While groups of people have come together in the past to achieve great
things (build the pyramids, send humans to the moon), the complexity and scale of
software development requires a different type of leadership, especially in an Agile
environment.
For
large, diverse teams to successfully develop software solutions, we need people
who can both lead those teams to the right outcomes and create the type of
environment within the organization where teams can succeed.
Facilitative Leadership
Command
and control or directive leadership styles don’t create the environment where
Agile software development teams can succeed.
A Facilitative Leader uses a different style of leadership. They use the elements of rigor, alignment,
and efficiency to achieve better outcomes.
Rigor
leads to better decision-making by establishing an approach to
decision-making. Defining the decision
to be made and using meaningful data removes bias and leads to better decisions.
To
overcome the complexity of many individuals creating a large software solution,
the Facilitative Leader must ensure alignment by setting a vision and common
goals. Alignment towards a compelling
goal leads to everyone’s engagement and the entire team contributing their
diverse skills and thinking to achieving that goal.
By developing a rigorous
approach to decision making and gaining alignment within the team, the Facilitative
Leader can create efficiency by eliminating waste. Ensuring that the team is able to focus on
achieving the goal is critical. Meetings
need to have goals and agendas that bring the team members closer to developing
the right software solution.
Listen to the full episode to understand how to put people first and become a facilitative leader.
YOUR HOMEWORK
Go on a Gemba Walk.
Go see real users and observe how they use the system. This gives you insights to better and more valuable solutions for your customers.
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Links Mentioned in this Episode
Michael Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and the author of three books. His previous books are Tale of Two Systems: Lean and Agile Software Development for Business Leaders, and Tale of Two Transformations: Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life. His third book is People Over Process: Leadership for Agility.
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