We Are Naked Volunteers: How an Agile Users Group Rediscovered Itself
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A splendid way to know if you will succeed at agile in the workplace is to be guided by an agile experience in a volunteer setting, where little is masked. Volunteers became volunteers because, despite jobs, families and everything else in their lives, they see a unique reward from the donation of their time and efforts. The danger of the workplace is that, rather than keeping the eye on the prize, it is too easy for someone to replace the underlying motivational reward by the paycheck. This report shows how a volunteer organization was able to experience and learn the power of agile values.
The presenter will go through a slide set based on the attached paper draft. Similar to the structure of the paper, the session will have three sections prior to discussion.
5 minutes - Introductory: describing the organization and the project undertaken
15 minutes - Description: What went well, what were the problems encountered, and what were the similarities and differences from that of the workplace
15 minutes - Outcomes: What was learned, and how can we parlay that knowledge to our jobs
10 minutes - Discussion
- A view of agile workers’ behaviors unencumbered by organizational baggage
- Motivated when not helped by monetary rewards
- Motivation when not encumbered by monetary rewards
- How volunteers readily adapt to an agile work environment
