Alamo PMI July 2020 Monthly Meeting

Business Acumen

Agile, as an industry, is failing many organizations. Most organizations are not experiencing the results expected from their investment in agile framework adoption. Therein lies the problem, organizations are adopting frameworks and expecting their chosen framework to manifest agility. However, they've not done the requisite work to enable their chosen delivery framework to achieve the desired results; they've not yet transformed. To be effective, agile frameworks require a different mental model of management and culture than what was conceived in the Industrial era. But, how is that done? Culture and mental models do not simply change through training, slogans on a poster, or implementing the prescribed roles and ceremonies outlined in a delivery framework.

 

Enabling an agile culture requires pragmatic and actionable steps, which SEAM provides. SEAM was created to counteract what has been described as the TFW virus, named after early management theorists Fredrick Taylor, Henri Fayol, and Max Weber. Every step in the process is taken with specific intent and is supported by data gathered from over two-thousand interventions. SEAM works in part because it targets the organization system, as opposed to the individuals. Individual change is achieved by creating a system that allows individuals to have a new experience. These new experiences inform beliefs and attitudes which inspire behaviors and actions that provide positive results. As an industry, the agile community MUST do better; we owe it to organizations, ourselves, and society. If we do not take proven steps to enable the promise of the values and principles encapsulated within the Agile Manifesto, we risk it being reduced to nothing more than words captured on a web page.

 

This session will explore why culture change is so difficult, present key SEAM principles, and help participants understand some of the tools used during a SEAM intervention. Learning to lead interventions takes practice through apprenticeship and guided coaching, but attendees will leave with an overview of the SEAM intervention process and why it's so effective. Participants will also gain a high-level understanding of how to identify and calculate hidden costs within their organization.

 

Brian Irwin, Presenter

Brian Irwin is on a mission to help executives and managers re-examine their underlying assumptions about organizations and management. By providing fresh perspective and new experiences, he helps organizations harness and develop human potential, build anti-fragility, and create cultures of inclusiveness. Brian’s experience and educational background in engineering and management enables him to understand both business and technology. His work as a Socio-Economic Intervener-Researcher has helped organizations expose and reduce annual per-person hidden costs exceeding $90,000. Brian is an experienced agile coach and enterprise transformation agent who has guided numerous organizations on their journey toward agility including CapitalOne, Walmart, Acxiom, Disney, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, and Nike.

 

Brian is the author of Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects and is a contributing author to the 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management, both published by Barrett-Koehler. He has served as a volunteer contributor on numerous PMI standards, including being a significant contributor to the second edition of The Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3), and both the second and third editions of The Standard for Portfolio Management. He is a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), and a Certified SEAM Intervener-Researcher. Brian has presented at several professional conferences, including Agile and Beyond, and the PMI Global North American Conference. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Project Management.

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Information

Type of category: Monthly Chapter Meeting

Type of activity: Business Acumen

Start Date: July 29th, 2020

Hours/Session (CST): 6:30PM to 8:15PM

PDU's:1

Price

Students: $5.00

Members: $5.00

Non members: $10.00

Location

Virtual Presentation

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