Matti Kiviluoto
Coach / Team-Builder / Advisor
Helsinki, Finland
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10+ years of experience as a start-up entrepreneur
15+ years of experience in SW consultation, focused on global websites and self-service portals for customers such as the World Health Organization, Wärtsilä and BorgWarner
15+ years of agile software development in multiple roles
25+ years of experience leading and coaching teams
13 years and counting with the same team - the award winning Siili Sitefinity Team
Agnostic Agile Nordic Chapter Lead
Degree in computer science and a minor in behavioral sciences
Father. Husband. Human being.
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How our distributed multi-national team evolved from good to great and how we sustainably remain so
A case study of a geographically distributed multi-national software development team’s decade long agile evolution. How the team managed to unleash its hidden powers by giving room to diverse individuals to drive the development of their specific fields of interest while simultaneously boosting the team’s cohesion with regular meetups and with irregular interventions whenever needed. This is a real-life case where sprints get interrupted, whole frameworks ditched mid-sprint, and where there was always time to help a friend in need. This is a story of what it takes to reach the global top in a niche area of software development. This is a real story of what happened – without a masterplan, without the full support of the outlying organization – a group of talented individuals who wanted to be the best in their field – as a team.
The presentation concludes with an analysis of why we pulled it through, what were the enablers and costs of success and how nowadays we focus more on sustainable pace vs maximal efficiency. What kind of an environment was needed to boost the needed learning and to allow diverse individuals to take lead of their respective fields of expertise.
Agile Teamwork Culture fit for the 2020s
The State of Agile 2022 report states an 80% global agile adoption rate. With almost all software (SW) development labelled as agile, what does agility even mean today and what kind of an agile team culture is needed in the 2020s?
In this presentation I'll be focusing on ways to help the team utilize its potential to the fullest – sustainably. Drawing inspiration from research and my 13 years work with the Siili Sitefinity Team as a founder, scrum master, team lead, and coach.
How to get there?
1. Be sure you (and not e.g. the HR) have identified the team, the team may consist of internals, externals, part-timers...
2. Build a psychologically safe environment
3. This needs to be voluntary, motivate your team, don't force a change on the team
4. This is a learning community action
What can our team do?
- Learning and a psychologically safe environment is everyone’s responsibility
- Seniors’ main responsibility is to help juniors grow
- The Scrum Master’s/Coach’s duty is to follow and facilitate this
Let’s embrace a new agile culture where everyone is a researcher of their own practices and where we share our findings in the communities we are part of.
Matti Kiviluoto
Coach / Team-Builder / Advisor
Helsinki, Finland
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