JAX London Keynote: The Art of Shifting Perspectives

THE ART OF SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES

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XP FROM THE BEGINNING

“a lightweight methodology for small to medium sized teams developing software in the face of vague or rapidly changing requirements.” Kent Beck

CLOSE COLLABORATION

LEARNED SOMETHING NEW?

Father Ted: …OK, one last time. These are small… but the ones out there are far away. Small… far away…

EXPLAINING CAN BE HARD WORK

SOMETIMES IT’S TOO HARD

A PICTURE CAN HELP

BUT DISCUSSION CAN GET HEATED

DOES IT MATTER?

. “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz

GO FORWARD OR BACK?

PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES

How do I do that?

Are we allowed to do that?

What if it goes wrong?

Might be hard

work. Do we have time?

THEY MAY HAVE A FEW WORRIES

MY BIGGEST TIP

INVEST MORE TIME

TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS & IDEAS

EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE PATHS

MAKE IT EASY TO START

BE OPEN TO SHIFTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE

CHANGE YOUR ORGANISATION ..?

BRING IT BACK HOME

•  Invest time in learning more about something you heard about at JAX

•  Share what you learned by writing a blog post or a talk at work

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