Slide deck for my session presented in the Scrum Gathering New Orleans.

1. Photo by Sonel-SA
Assembling
Scrum
Teams: A
Nonviolent
Story
Juan Banda
jbanda@innsa.com

2. My journey
started back in
2007 when I re-
joined industry
and started to
work in a very
fun and
motivating
environment
Photo by Yckhong

3. Photo by Whiny Dancer
After three
years in that
company I
decided to leave
to take another
job that pay me
more but where
I felt that I
didn’t belong

4. I felt a very deep
feeling of
frustration for
not being able to
change things in
such a way that
communication
can be more
effective and less
violentPhoto by esuckow2

5. Photo by Tessek
There I
discovered that
the problem
was not only a
hierarchical
structure but
violence in
communication

6. Violence in
communication
eventually
affected my
personal live
and before
falling I decided
to look for
other
opportunities Photo by kiandraa

7. Photo by TZA
I found a
new job an a
new
challenge:
assemble a
team of
happy and
productive
people

8. I started by
recognizing
that we all
human beings
are different
but still there
are common
feelings and
needs
Photo by Joel Shlabotnik

9. Based on that I
wrote and
explain to the
consultants that
I hired the
profile of the
people that I
was looking for
Photo by Shamma Mia

10. It worked for me to
explain things that I
didn’t want in the
people that I was
recruiting: I
definitely was not
looking for people
with huge egos
Photo by fede 1845

11. I was looking
for individuals
with the
collaborative
spirit and the
ability to
empathize
with others
Photo by Toyamarie

12. Crucial to this
effort was to
find individuals
that feel the
need to belong
to a team and
collaborate
with others
Photo by Ice birdy

13. I was also
looking for
courageous
individuals that
won’t be afraid
to do things that
none has done
before and learn
stuff that they
didn’t know
Photo by WR Bricks

14. These individuals
should also have
the ability to
laugh and don’t
let that stress
ruin their days
Photo by tylerburkphotography

15. I was not looking
for employees
that needed a
manager, I was
looking for
people that were
needing
inspiration
Photo by Pasukaru76

16. I’ve finally found
nonviolent people
that only wanted
to work in an
environment to
let them to be
happy, but that
was only the start
Photo by Atomicity

17. They started
their learning
path by meeting
each other and
learning to
communicate
without violence
Photo by ReilandN166

18. Our first steps
were not easy,
we learned
technology
and tools in
record time
Photo by busiguy6

19. Our teams
started to
created their
own working
agreements that
little by little
were defining
interactions
Photo by Sailor Tokyo

20. Each team
member can do
many things –
we don’t have
titles or
specialties
Photo by Funesphoto

21. We have a
limited budget
and we are
running against
the clock to
release a
product
Photo by 401 (K) 2013

22. In spite of
external
pressure
communication
among us is still
nonviolent
Photo by useitinfo

23. As time passed
our knowledge,
product and
communication
skills has
improved
Photo by Darko Sikman Photography

24. We are
obsessed with
the elegance
or our code
and with
continuous
learning
Photo by Maxim Kushpel

25. Of course our
CEO wants
results but we
keep him at
the bay by
producing
metrics and
reports that
we believe
worth doingPhoto by digital_stability

26. We use things
like Agile, Scrum,
XP, NVC, Mob
Programming
and we are
aspire to
become true
software
craftmenPhoto by fifoescudero

27. We don’t have
a recipe to
create copies of
our teams;
even if they use
the same
technology
people can’t be
cloned Photo by Allahu Akbar2008

28. We believe in
principles and
values that
have allow us
to harvest great
results
Photo by Aleeph

29. Photo by Shaun_Sheep
Nobody can
predict what is
going to happen
in the future but
so far we’ve
been happy at
work

30. @juanbandajara (twitter)
slideshare.net/juanbanda2
www.innsa.com (site)
juanbandaonscrum.blogspot.com/ (blog)

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