April 6 Meeting
Construx Software, 10900 NE 8th St Suite 1350, Bellevue, WA
Food & networking from 5:45 to 6:45 (pizza, salad, soda )
Announcements from 6:45 to 6:55
Presentation from 6:55 to 7:55
Doors close at 8:30
This event is free and open to the software engineering and IT community.
How Do We Decide?
Your team's product is a result of many decisions. There were decisions made about quality; decisions made about economy; and decisions made about speed. But how were those decisions made?
I've experienced teams where these decisions were made by a single individual. I'll bet you have too. If the decision making process of a team isn't producing the results an organization needs, changing the process will change the product. The better the process, the better the product. How effective is your team's process?
You will work in a self-organizing team to experience the logic and emotions involved in making decisions. Your team will be competing against other teams to produce the best product. We will explore the process your team and the other teams used to make decisions. We will discuss their effectiveness. We will explore alternatives. You will return to work equipped with options for improving your team's decision making process. This workshop will benefit both managers and individual contributors -- anyone who works with others to makes decisions.
Biography
Steve (Steven M.) Smith is an independent management consultant who accelerates team productivity by freeing teams from a hairball of technical and social difficulties. His Aha! Moment was the realization that social difficulties were the biggest impediment to his development team's ability to solve technical problems. He marveled over how much precious time was squandered squabbling between team members, fighting with management about direction and warring with other teams over turf. Astonished by how much these troubles crippled the quality of a team’s product as well as the speed and economy of its delivery, he devotes himself to researching and applying methods teams to enhance teamwork and enable better problem solving. He passionately consults, coaches, teaches, writes, and speaks about routes teams can take to produce better results faster, more economically and without pain. Learn more about his thinking by visiting his website -- http://stevenMsmith.com. Steve would enjoy hearing from you about this workshop, please contact him at steve@stevenMsmith.com.
You must come see Steven speak at SeaSPIN.