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MEETING
VENUE: MICROSOFT offices in FARMINGTON CT. REGISTER
NOW for this meeting
DIRECTIONS
TO MICROSOFT FARMINGTON.
TUESDAY AUGUST 04 2009, 630PM
to 830PM
DAN MEZICK ON "BOUNDARY, AUTHORITY,
ROLE and TASK: SCRUM's SECRET SAUCE"
Dan Mezick is a CT-based
Agile/Scrum coach, the organizer and leader of Agile/CT and Agile/Boston.
For 2009, Dan is the organizer of the 'Manifesting
Agility' Stage of the Agile2009 conference held in Chicago August
24-27.
Presentation: DAN MEZICK ON: "BOUNDARY,
AUTHORITY, ROLE and TASK: SCRUM's SECRET SAUCE"
Clear definitions of Role, Task and Authority
are essential when people assemble to do work. Unclear definitions
of these items leads to all sorts of waste. Scrum’s very clear Roles and associated Tasks and Authority
are a big part of what makes actually Scrum ‘tick’.
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Boundaries ‘collection’ is an attribute of the
Role, Task and Authority ‘objects’. This session
deconstructs Role, Task & Authority in terms of associated
Boundaries. Note that boundaries can come in many forms, including:
boundaries of time, boundaries in terms of access to resources,
etc.
Attend this session to learn about succeeding
at group-level process improvement. When groups of people have
trouble executing
on work, the root cause is often related to definitions of
Role, Task, Authority,
and associated Boundaries. When definitions are clear, there
is little ambiguity. When definitions are clear, there is potentially
no waste generated from the need to discover these definitions
and related Boundaries. Scrum is superb at boundary definitions
and boundary management.
Well defined BART is required to reach
the hyper-productive state at the group (“system”)
level. BART analysis is a tool for discovering solvable problems
related to Role, Authority, Task and Boundary. Note that Role,
Authority,
and Task each have, as an attribute, one or more Boundary objects.
Much more of this kind of detail, on BART, is the focus of the
45-minute talk.
AGENDA
05 Minutes on background of development
of BART analysis
35 Minutes of quick pace through key points
above, with Q&A
every step of the way, no waiting for Q&A at end
05 Wrap
it up with Summary and links to more resources
Learning outcomes
Exit with tools to do your own BART (Boundary,
Authority, Role and Task) analysis on any group-level situation
Experience
your current projects in a whole new way via BART
Gain insight
into how well-defined Roles, Tasks, Authority and associated
Boundaries deeply influence resulting efficiency
and quality
Discover the ‘secret sauce’ of
Scrum’s success in organizing
work
Apply a whole new, CLEAR way to thinking …. about your group-level
problem-solving issues back home
MEETING AGENDA:
6:30 PM: AGILE ORIENTATION: Scrum as described
by Dan
Mezick of New Technology Solutions
7:00 PM: Food and networking time.
7:15 PM: MAIN EVENT: BOUNDARY, AUTHORITY
ROLE AND TASK with Dan Mezick
8:25 PM: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF MEETING
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