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Agile People Management: 3 Reflective Questions
Agile People Management: 3 Reflective Questions
8 August 2013
Glen Wang
The center of Agile people management is self-management. Agile people management has four levels:
Manage myself – This is the foundation and basis of Agile management.
Manage an individual – The subordinate, instead of the manager, is the center in Agile management, and the manager is more a facilitator and coach.
Manage a team – Bottom-up management is preferred over top-down management, and the team needs to actively let the manager know what support is needed.
Manage an organization – A good manager of an organization should move focus from control to empowerment.
This model of Agile people management comes from three sources:
My more than ten years of management experience in R&D of an international telecom industry.
My three years as an Agile coach and ScrumMaster in my team's and organization's Agile transformation.
Unity of Knowing and Doing
philosophy, which I have discussed in my other articles on Scrum Alliance.
In the Unity of Knowing and Doing philosophy, "I" am both the "purpose" and the "tool."
From the knowing perspective, I'm the "purpose." I have the capability of knowing the "what and why" world.
From the doing perspective, I'm the "tool." I have the capability to understand the "how" world.
Let's start with self-management. I have summed up my self-management experience, my understanding and practice of Agile values and principles, and the Unity of Knowing and Doing philosophy into three reflective or retrospective questions:
Do I feel comfortable from my heart? (Comfort in one's heart is the root of knowing.)
What do I do next? (Think big and act small.)
Does it align with my life objectives? (Objectives unite knowing/thinking and doing.)
This method is illustrated here:
The philosophical base of this method is Unity of Knowing and Doing. I'm treating the world as three pointers to the three stacks of my mind, my objectives, and my activities. This is a thinking tool to inspect and adapt the three pointers. Only while the three pointers and three stacks are united is it effective thinking and doing. In the My Mind stack, if the pointer points to the Discomfort zone, then there's a problem to fix and it needs be fixed.
The three questions can be triggered by:
I ask the three questions on a daily basis to figure out what to do the next day, on a weekly basis to figure out what to do the next week, or on a sprint basis to figure out what to do in the next sprint. The answers to the first and third questions may be constant for some time. Then simply say, "Yes," like taking an easy drive.
I ask the three questions to address a new request, a change, or new information.
Let me elaborate on the three questions. This is not a checklist, but it provides multiple perspectives or tips to understand the three questions:
Do I feel comfortable from my heart?
Am I doing bad things? Keep a clear conscience.
Am I doing the right things? Doing the right things is the source of comfort.
Is my family comfortable? For example, if I have to leave my family for a few days, can my family be as comfortable as when I'm with them?
Is my team comfortable? Have I listened to the team's needs and offered help?
Is my boss comfortable? Have I fulfilled my responsibilities?
Is my peer comfortable? Have I responded to peer's request in a timely manner?
Is my customer comfortable? Can I meet my commitment to my customer?
Do I have immense inner peace? Do I have an integrated view of the world? Can I properly put my limited self into the limitless world?
Can I accept my weaknesses and grow my heart (mind)? Treat my heart (mind) tenderly as a baby. Find the "food" for my mind. Learn from a baby how his body and mind grow together.
Listen to my heart. Recognize and realize intuitive knowledge.
Am I happy? What make me happy? Is happiness more from my inner or the outer world?
Appreciate the people around me. Appreciate the world. Appreciate day-to-day work and life.
Do I have and stick to my core values?
How flexible are my values and principles?
Do I plan to implement my virtues?
Do I have the courage, kindness, and wisdom to achieve my goals?
What are the acceptance criteria for myself in my mind?
What do I do next?
Timeboxing is a powerful Agile tool. Once something is decided, put it into a timebox. The timebox can be a few hours, a day, or a few days.
Focus on what I intend to do and get rid of distractions. Anything without a purpose could be distraction.
Plan some time for learning. Make connections between the learning and what you are doing.
Discuss with stakeholders while making a plan. Provide and get support. Do what I as an individual can do, and rely on teamwork.
Search information. Do enough homework. Life's most painful moments come when we have to admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.
Be aware of the purpose of doing something. Before finding a solution, understand the problem that needs to be fixed.
Know the constraints, the situation, the scenario, and the system. A plan reflects both our mind and the world.
Visualize what will happen before doing something.
Recognize and build craftsmanship. Include skill acquisition into a plan.
Engage in effective communication. What is effective communication? Inspect and adapt.
Embrace change. Use backup instead of critical path. Monitor flow instead of utilization.
Improve continuously.
Use tools, but do not be controlled by tools. If one tool creates more constraints than benefits, use another one.
Does it align with my life objectives?
What are my responsibilities to work and life? Objectives are always linked to responsibilities.
What is my career thinking? Career is the combination of interest, strength, opportunity, and the system/environment around us.
Distinguish what I need and what I want. Balance effort on the two.
Know what's most important and second-most important.
Know what I must insist on and what I can give up.
Know what I must have 100 scores on and what I can have 0-100 scores on. Family is always a top priority.
Figure out an integrated view of my middle-term or long-term life. Shape and frame it.
Align with stakeholders' objectives.
Ask why and groom objectives.
The three questions are the main tracks of my self-management. These main tracks can invoke other planning and monitoring tools, which will not be discussed in this article. I have used the three questions for some time and have found this method to be effective. For example, now I can spare more time for Agile learning.
Looking back to the beginning of this article, where I stated that the center of Agile people management includes "(2) Manage an individual," the first step is that I introduce my self-management method to him and let him understand the basis of self-management. The next step is to build some questions to conduct a coaching session with the individual. These questions are based on the three self-management questions but are more conversational. The questions can cover:
Objectives grooming. Objectives include roles, responsibilities, assignments, and personal development.
Recent plan, progress, and status.
Any obstacles, roadblocks, concerns, or anything else that's uncomfortable.
The center of "(2) Manage an individual" is still "(1) Manage myself." The purpose of a coaching session is to stimulate the individual's self-management. The manager's role is to provide coaching, facilitation, and necessary help.
As for "(3) Manage a team" and "(4) Manage an organization," the three questions that can be used are:
Are we an empowered and self-organizing team? Any there obstacles to our achieving this?
Are we aware of the team and organization's objectives, and of individuals' objectives? Can they be aligned?
Are we continuously embracing changes and improving ourselves?
In conclusion, Agile management is about self-management and empowerment. Leaders and managers are facilitators, coaches, and servants. Leaders set up the stage, and the team plays and performs. Leaders collaborate with rather than control the team. This is what the Agile manifesto emphasizes: individuals and interactions.
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Glen Wang
Jurgen Appelo • Thanks for posting. Funny, I came up with exactly the same four levels when thinking about management two days ago. :) from LinkedIn group: Management 3.0 http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=264228190&gid=4074448&commentID=155295967&trk=view_disc&fromEmail=&ut=07ZpRMPs49X5Q1
Glen Wang
Dave Thomas: It's a little too 'new agey' for my taste.
Sriramasundararajan Rajagopalan
Very interesting article and thanks for sharing your retrospective here. These four levels really resonate with the emotional intelligence principles very well - managing oneself (self-awareness, self-management) and managing others (understanding others and utilizing them towards larger purposes). Do you connect with that?
Sriram Rajagopalan
Glen Wang
Hi Sriram,
Thanks for comments. My thought comes from my experience and I didn't learn EQ principles.
Sometimes science becomes science then it's far from people. For example maybe only EQ experts know EQ principles well. So Scrum suggests Inspect & Adapt other than a big upfront learning. Science is elsewhere other than only mastered by experts.
Glen Wang
Management is about (1) Manage yourself; and (2) Influence Others. Influence others is – change the world.
Glen Wang
Unity of Knowing & Doing:
- Self understanding is Knowing.
- The world is doing.
- Objective is unity.
Glen Wang
people don't like being managed, & treating employee as partner will also let the manager be easy:)
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In addition, validity criteria are defined that ensure implementability using BPEL-based orchestrations. Thirdly, the analysis of the synchronization dependencies of complex B2Bi scenarios is supported by means of a multi-party choreography style combined with an analysis framework. This choreography style also is formalized and standard state machine semantics are reused in order to ensure unambiguity. Moreover, validity criteria are defined that allow for analyzing corresponding models for typical multi-party choreography issues. Altogether, CHORCH provides choreography styles that are B2Bi adequate, simple, unambiguous, and implementable. The choreography styles are B2Bi adequate in providing B2Bi domain concepts, in abstracting from low-level implementation details and in covering the majority of real-world B2Bi scenarios. Simplicity is fostered by using state machines as underlying specification paradigm. This allows for thinking in the states of a B2Bi scenario and for simple control flow structures. Unambiguity is provided by formal execution semantics whereas implementability (for the binary choreography styles) is ensured by providing mapping rules to BPEL-based implementations. The validation of CHORCH's choreography styles is performed in a twofold way. Firstly, the implementation of the binary choreography styles based on Web Services and BPEL technology is demonstrated which proves implementability using relatively low-cost technologies. Moreover, the analysis algorithms for the multi-party choreography styles are validated using a Java-based prototype. Secondly, an abstract visualization of the choreography styles based on BPMN is provided that abstracts from the technicalities of the ebBP standard. This proves the amenability of CHORCH to development methods that start out with visual models. CHORCH defines how to use BPMN choreographies for the purpose of B2Bi choreography modeling and translates the formal rules for choreography validity into simple composition rules that demonstrate valid ways of connecting the respective modeling constructs. In summary, CHORCH allows integration partners to start out with a high-level visual model of their interactions in BPMN that identifies the types and sequences of the BusinessTransactions to be used. For multi-party choreographies, a framework for analyzing synchronization dependencies then is available. For binary choreographies, an ebBP refinement can be derived that fills in the technical parameters that are needed for deriving the implementation. Finally, Web Services and BPEL based implementations can be generated. Thus, CHORCH allows for stepwise closing the semantic gap between the information perspective of business process models and the corresponding implementations. It is noteworthy that CHORCH uses international standards throughout all relevant layers, i.e., BPMN, ebBP, Web Services and BPEL, which helps in bridging the heterogeneous IT landscapes of B2Bi partners. In addition, the adoption of core CHORCH deliverables as international standards of the RosettaNet community give testament to the practical relevance and promise dissemination throughout the B2Bi community.
- Betsy - A BPEL Engine Test System (2012)
- More than five years have passed since the final release of the long-desired OASIS standard of a process language for web service orchestration, the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). The aim of this standard is to establish a universally accepted orchestration language that forms a core part of current service-oriented architectures and, because of standardisation, avoids vendor lock-in. High expectations, in academia and practice alike, have been set on it. By now, several fully conformant and highly scalable engines should have arrived in the market. The perception of many however, is that standard conformance in current engines is far from given. It is our aim to shed light on this situation. In this study, we present the tool betsy, a BPEL Engine Test System that allows for a fully-automatic assessment of the standard conformance of a given BPEL engine. We use it to examine the five most important open source BPEL engines available today. Betsy comes with a large set of engineindependent conformance test cases for assessing BPEL standard conformance. This enables us to give a view of the state of the art in BPEL support.
- Building Orchestrations in B2Bi – The Case of BPEL 2.0 and BPMN 2.0 (2012)
- Various approaches for service-oriented business-to-business integration (B2Bi) rely on a top-down development methodology. The starting point is a choreography model which is subsequently partitioned into multiple orchestrations. Most current approaches use the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) for implementing the latter. At the same time, a plethora of other languages, such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 process diagrams, is available. As integration partners are free to select the orchestration language of their choice, it should be easy to integrate different orchestration languages with current choreography technology. Language transformation, starting from a suitable format, is a means to achieve this. In this paper, we assess BPEL 2.0 and BPMN 2.0 process diagrams for their suitability for this transformation in a services-based B2Bi setting using a requirements framework identified through a literature study.
- Bridging the Heterogeneity of Orchestrations – A Petri Net–based Integration of BPEL and Windows Workflow (2012)
- Service orchestrations are a powerful tool for implementing intra– and interorganizational business processes that base on services. Several heterogeneous orchestration languages can be found in contemporary IT landscapes. While the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is the de facto standard, others gain attention, including Windows Workflow (WF) in the .NET segment. When integrating orchestrations, incompatibilities between them can easily arise. In this paper, we investigate an automated Petri net–based integration between BPEL and WF to solve these issues with behavioral adapter services. We provide a mapping of WF to Open Workflow Nets (oWFNs) and implement it in a compiler. Thereby, we integrate our approach with existing approaches for BPEL and adapter synthesis and validate the integration with a standards–based case study using the two languages.
- BPEL Conformance in Open Source Engines (2012)
- More than five years have passed since the final release of the long-desired OASIS standard of a process language for Web Services orchestration, the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). The aim of this standard was to establish a universally accepted Web Services orchestration language that forms a core part of service-oriented architectures and, because of standardization, avoids vendor lock-in. By now, several fully conformant engines should have arrived in the market. It is our aim to shed light on this situation and to provide a comprehensive picture of the current state of BPEL upport. We present an evaluation of the standard conformance of five open source BPEL engines. To obtain these results we have developed betsy, a tool that allows for a fully-automatic standard conformance testing of BPEL engines. The results demonstrate that full standard conformance in contemporary engines is still far from given.


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The Echelon Gran Fondo, a European-style cycling event for riders of all levels, is set for Saturday, July 23, on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas.
Benefiting the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program, LIVESTRONG and the Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation, the rides feature courses with 30-, 70- and 100-mile options between Kingston and Port Townsend. In addition, an exclusive 100-mile Super Gran Fondo, which includes a timed 17-mile climb up Hurricane Ridge, is offered. The Super Gran Fondo is limited to 500 riders, who get a private motor coach back to the festival in Kingston.
All rides begin in Kingston and include a continental breakfast on board the ferry from Edmonds.
The rides are intended for cyclists of all skill levels. Cyclists have the opportunity to fundraise or pay a registration fee; sign up or learn more details at www.echelongranfondo.org.
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Recipe by lutzflcat
"Turn an ordinary stuffed pepper into a zesty main course suitable for a Mexican Fiesta by using chorizo and HERDEZ® Tomatillo Verde Mexican Cooking Sauce."
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2 large red bell peppers, halved crosswise, seeds and membranes removed
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 large clove garlic, chopped
1/4 cup minced carrots
8 ounces ground chorizo sausage
8 ounces ground beef
3/4 cup HERDEZ® Tomatilla Verde Mexican Cooking Sauce
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups cooked long-grain white rice
4 (1 inch) cubes Colby-Jack cheese
1/3 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
Garnishes (optional):
Sour cream
Chopped fresh cilantro
Sliced black olives
Lime wedges
I did change it up a bit though. My kids won't eat the peppers, so I chop them up small and sauté with the onions. I then put it all in a baking dish and cook like a casserole. I also could not find the herdez cooking sauce so I substituted with a salsa verde that had similar ingredients.
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Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 4 Amount Per Serving Calories: 732 Calories from Fat: 426
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I'm not totally into Zaela but I hope we see some development. If we encounter her in questlines and *kill her* or even in the Siege. I have to wonder...what was the point? I mean I wouldn't do that. It feels....weird. I tend to keep my characters alive for awhile and when they die they at least had some personality behind them or reason.
Alliance complaining is the only constant.
You wish.
We have faced trials and danger, threats to our world and our way of life. And yet, we persevere. We are the Horde. We will not let anything break our spirits!"
You are now future Jack Noir.
Presently, you are trapped in a single moment, which increasingly feels like an eternity. Your boredom is surpassed only by your all consuming rage and contempt for existence itself.
Well the Alliance was always kinda reactionary, except for the one time they assaulted Outland in order to stop the orcs from attacking other worlds. Though that is beside the point, both sides can bitch as long as they want, as long as they don't look down on the other side if they complain about something.
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Maybe I'll be back for WoW2, but probably not. - Slowpoke, the former Dokhidamo
You are now future Jack Noir.
Presently, you are trapped in a single moment, which increasingly feels like an eternity. Your boredom is surpassed only by your all consuming rage and contempt for existence itself.
I really hope I get the final blow on Garrosh. I'm a Warlock, getting the killing blow with Shadowburn grants me a bonus ember.
I think i can give up choose talent in this level?
because if i am not choose this level。 i can have 20% blood more than choosen..
warlock now became a guy use 5 level talents VS other 6 level.
Kyrin will not side with Garrosh since she is an undead and faithful to Sylvanus...who despises Garrosh. Rico will go wherever Kyrin wants him to go. Nazgrim will most likely be the one who betrays Garrosh and leads the rest of us in to slaughter the peanut-headed Orc.
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Apple Rhubarb Crumble Recipe
Here in Vermont, we enjoy a bounty of rhubarb, apples and maple syrup. These ingredients inspired me to create this dessert. —Liz Bachilas, Shelburne, Vermont
- 3 cups chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb
- 2 medium tart apples, peeled and chopped
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
- In a bowl, combine the rhubarb, apples, egg, sugar, syrup, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. In another bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; sprinkle over fruit mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until bubbly. Yield: 4-6 servings.
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My husband loves rubarb & this reminds me of my mom's delicious apple crisp recipe- a win-win! The only think I would change is to use all cinnamon and leave the nutmeg out. We like that flavor better.


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[e skuc̸h′ən, i-]escutcheon definition by Webster's New World
- a shield or shield-shaped surface on which a coat of arms is displayed
- something shaped like an escutcheon; specif.,
- a protective, often ornamental shield or plate, as that around a keyhole
- the space on a ship's stern bearing the name
Origin: Norman French escuchon ; from Vulgar Latin an unverified form scutio ; from Classical Latin scutum, shield ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form skeu-, to cover from source sky
escutcheon definition by American Heritage Dictionary
- Heraldry A shield or shield-shaped emblem bearing a coat of arms.
- An ornamental or protective plate, as for a keyhole.
- Nautical The plate on the stern of a ship inscribed with the ship's name.
Origin: Middle English escochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, from Vulgar Latin *scūtiō, scūtiōn-, from Latin scūtum, shield; see skei- in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- es·cutchˈeoned adjective
the areas of a shield
A. dexter chief B. center chief C. sinister chief D. dexter flank E. fess point F. sinister flank G. dexter base H. center base I. sinister baseescutcheon - Phrases/Idioms
a blot on one's escutcheon
a stain on one's honor; disgrace to one's reputation
a blot on (one's) escutcheon
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Recipe by Vicki L.
"A different twist to the usual green bean casserole. Given to me years ago by my ex-mother-in-law, this is a tasty, fresh, sweet and tangy new way to serve green beans and it's sure to become a family favorite! Prepare the night before and marinate overnight for the best results. Enjoy!"
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12 slices bacon, cut in half
2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped
1 1/2 medium onions, chopped
6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
6 tablespoons white sugar
1/2 cup blanched slivered almonds
I've been making this for years and you can also do the simpler, quicker version (using same amts. - except for sugar). Using a large pan, cut the bacon in smaller, bite size pieces. Cook bacon - put aside - cook onion in bacon fat until it starts to brown, then add vinegar, stir,add cooked fresh green beans or canned, add the bacon, season with pepper. As a note: I never added sugar - I might try that and amount of vinegar for your taste. I prefer plain old white vinegar with this dish. This is a good dish to make ahead because the flavor gets more intense.
I made this for a group and many of them said they liked it. I would not make it again though by my tastes. I wished I would have taken out half the grease, and decreased the amount of sugar. Too sweet.
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These are the mosty tasty green beans on the planet! I made a few modifications based on previous reviews. First, I cut the bacon into small-ish cubes. Then, I sauteed the onions in the bacon fat. I used fairly lean bacon, so there was not too much grease. I put the sauteed onions & bacon in the pan, and made the marinade separately as the instructions call for. Leaving the beans to marinate overnight is THE BEST way to get a really good flavor. Fantastic recipe!!!
My husband really loved this! He thought the onions in it was cabbage...it was reminiscent of hot German sweet & sour cabbage. Very good!
My husband was blown away with this recipe...he said, "I can eat this anytime!" We both agreed with other reviewers that the bacon should be cut into smaller pieces, either before or after cooking. I think I would make another change and pour most of the marinade over the green beans/onions in the casserole dish then mix, then layer on the bacon and pour a remaining dab of marinade over the bacon. Most of my marinade ended up on only the bacon
I used frozen beans, and it was still very good, although I want to try it with fresh. I cut the bacon into smaller, bit-sized pieces, and then as other reviews suggested fried the onions in the bacon fat, which made them really delicious. The tang of the vinegar was great!
I had this recipe at a friends house for dinner last weekend. They are so very tasty. I would definately make them for a crowd. The almonds were left out but it still had 100% flavor! Even my picky husband liked them!
I've been using this recipe for family get-togethers for the past couple of years, and it's never failed to garner rave reviews! I prefer to use brown sugar, and for an interesting variation, try adding 1 tsp. of maple syrup. Excellent recipe!
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Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 8 Amount Per Serving Calories: 315 Calories from Fat: 203
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The NFL says the 76-yard punt return by Denver's Trindon Holliday against Carolina on Sunday should have been ruled a touchback, not a touchdown.
In the second quarter of Denver's 36-14 win, the Broncos' returner raced up the sidelines and appeared to score. Replays showed Holliday prematurely celebrating the TD by flipping the ball out of his hands before crossing the goal line.
Replay official Bob Boylston confirmed the touchdown and, as a result, referee Alberto Riveron did not stop the game for an instant replay review.
The NFL said Monday in a statement ''Boylston should have stopped the game to initiate an instant replay review'' and ''the result of the play should have been a touchback - not a touchdown - with Carolina gaining possession at the 20 yard-line.''
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