Greetings to you,
In Paris this week at the Global Scrum Gathering I plan to issue certain
warning about specific failure patterns I have experienced when working
with Open Space inside Agile adoptions. I can tell you right now that
Open Space by itself is not a panacea for the complex problems
associated with Agile adoption.
Agile is actually a cover story about the wider act of bringing culture
change (a new and unfamiliar game) to an enterprise situation (the old
story we all want to cling to). The SPIRIT book pretty much spells out
the problem.
I've learned that there are actually more ways to fail with Open Space
in Agile adoptions than there are ways to succeed. There are many ways
to stumble when trying this. I'll be enumerating some of these subtle
Agile-related pitfalls and traps in the Paris keynote on Tuesday, and in
upcoming blog posts. Simply holding one or more canonical Open Space
meetings (with full pre-planning and post processing) is not enough to
neutralize the forces that oppose healthy and well Agile adoptions. The
game mechanics, storytelling and passage-rite-structure elements must be
present and robust for Open Space to be an effective tool in Agile
adoptions. Open Space and these elements are composed in harmony with
each other in the Open Agile Adoption technique.
If you offer training in Open Space for Facilitators and/or Sponsors, I
invite you to send me your links and I will make sure they are added to
the list of resources I am beginning to compile at
OpenAgileAdoption.com. I plan to list in the Paris slides some specific
French-language OST course offerings from French-speaking instructors
located in Europe, and Quebec.
Kind Regards,
Dan
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Daniel Mezick, President
New Technology Solutions Inc.
(203) 915 7248 (cell)
Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/>. Blog
<http://newtechusa.net/blog/>. Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/>.
Examine my new book:The Culture Game
<http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/>: Tools for the
Agile Manager.
Explore Agile Team Training
<http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/> and Coaching.
<http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/>
Explore the Agile Boston <http://newtechusa.net//user-groups/ma/>Community.
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