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AGILE:
PANACEA
OR
PLACEBO?
Tathagat Varma,	

VP Strategic Process Innovations and HR,	

[24]7 Innovation Labs
AGILE
Panacea
!
Greek Goddess of
Universal Remedy	

!
Solution to all
problems; Cure-all
“There is no single development, in either technology or
management technique, which by itself promises even one order
of magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in
reliability, in simplicity.”	

1987
IS AGILETHE NEW SILVER
BULLET?
Perkins Patent Tractors
SUBJECT-EXPECTANCY EFFECT
http://ozarker.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/n-p.gif
EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS
• A compelling purpose that inspires and stretches members to make
the group and its work a top priority 	

• Shared leadership that encourages members to take mutual
responsibility for helping the group be successful 	

• Just-enough-structure to create confidance to move forward, but
not so much as to become bureaucratic or burdensome 	

• Full engagement that results in all members jumping in with
enthusiasm, sometimes passionately and chaotically, regardless of role 	

• Embracing differences so that group members see, value, and use
their diversity as a strength 	

• Unexpected learning that translates into personal and group growth 	

• Strengthened relationships among members characterized by trust,
collegiality, and friendship 	

• Great results, tangible and intangible
LEARNINGS FROM NATURE
• Collective Leadership: Any group
member can take the lead. 	

• Instant Messaging: Instant whole-
group broadcast communications. 	

• Ecosystems: Small is Beautiful …
but Big is Powerful.	

• Clustering: Engaging many through
the few.
BIOTEAMING RULES
1. Stop Controlling: Communicate information not orders 	

2. Team Intelligence: Mobilize everyone to look for and manage team threats and opportunities 	

3. Permission Granted: Achieve accountability through transparency not permission 	

4. Always-On: Provide 24*7 instant “in-situ” message hotlines for all team members 	

5. Symbiosis:Treat external partners as fully trusted team members 	

6. Cluster: Nurture the team’s internal and external networks and connections 	

7. Swarm: Develop consistent autonomous team member behaviors 	

8. Tit-for-Tat: Team members must learn effective biological and interpersonal cooperation strategies 	

9. Genetic Algorithms: Learn through experimentation, mutation and team review 	

10. Self-Organizing Networks: Define the team in terms of “network transformations” – not outputs 	

11. Porous Membranes: Develop team boundaries that are open to energy but closed to waste 	

12. Emerge: Scale naturally through nature’s universal growth and decay cycles
CONCLUSIONS
• Sorry, there are no silver bullets	

• Agile provides great training wheels	

• Focus on people, teams and culture	

• Believe in what you do, but test it first!
REFERENCES
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/placebo-effect.htm	

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_tractors 	

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil 	

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet 	

• http://www.fastcompany.com/41112/what-makes-teams-work 	

• http://www.medi-leadership.org/pdfs/TheNewScienceofBuildingGreatTeams-
HBRApril2012.pdf 	

• http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/agileJanuary2014.html

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Agile: Panacea or Placebo?

  • 1. AGILE: PANACEA OR PLACEBO? Tathagat Varma, VP Strategic Process Innovations and HR, [24]7 Innovation Labs AGILE
  • 2. Panacea ! Greek Goddess of Universal Remedy ! Solution to all problems; Cure-all
  • 3. “There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order of magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.” 1987
  • 4. IS AGILETHE NEW SILVER BULLET?
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  • 11. EXTRAORDINARY GROUPS • A compelling purpose that inspires and stretches members to make the group and its work a top priority • Shared leadership that encourages members to take mutual responsibility for helping the group be successful • Just-enough-structure to create confidance to move forward, but not so much as to become bureaucratic or burdensome • Full engagement that results in all members jumping in with enthusiasm, sometimes passionately and chaotically, regardless of role • Embracing differences so that group members see, value, and use their diversity as a strength • Unexpected learning that translates into personal and group growth • Strengthened relationships among members characterized by trust, collegiality, and friendship • Great results, tangible and intangible
  • 12. LEARNINGS FROM NATURE • Collective Leadership: Any group member can take the lead. • Instant Messaging: Instant whole- group broadcast communications. • Ecosystems: Small is Beautiful … but Big is Powerful. • Clustering: Engaging many through the few.
  • 13. BIOTEAMING RULES 1. Stop Controlling: Communicate information not orders 2. Team Intelligence: Mobilize everyone to look for and manage team threats and opportunities 3. Permission Granted: Achieve accountability through transparency not permission 4. Always-On: Provide 24*7 instant “in-situ” message hotlines for all team members 5. Symbiosis:Treat external partners as fully trusted team members 6. Cluster: Nurture the team’s internal and external networks and connections 7. Swarm: Develop consistent autonomous team member behaviors 8. Tit-for-Tat: Team members must learn effective biological and interpersonal cooperation strategies 9. Genetic Algorithms: Learn through experimentation, mutation and team review 10. Self-Organizing Networks: Define the team in terms of “network transformations” – not outputs 11. Porous Membranes: Develop team boundaries that are open to energy but closed to waste 12. Emerge: Scale naturally through nature’s universal growth and decay cycles
  • 14. CONCLUSIONS • Sorry, there are no silver bullets • Agile provides great training wheels • Focus on people, teams and culture • Believe in what you do, but test it first!
  • 15. REFERENCES • http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/placebo-effect.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_tractors • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet • http://www.fastcompany.com/41112/what-makes-teams-work • http://www.medi-leadership.org/pdfs/TheNewScienceofBuildingGreatTeams- HBRApril2012.pdf • http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/agileJanuary2014.html