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this is your girl carrick for my phone your agile evangelist and i'm back today with some
source in agile so today very quickly our topic is going to be around dependencies i've been getting
countless questions around you know people facing different struggles with dependency
management and i know that i had previously made a video regarding um different types
of dependencies in my experience in some of the things that i have done to keep these dependencies
under control so today i'm just going to build on that video please check in the description box you
will see um the link to the previous video i did regarding dependencies so today is going to be a
continuation of that video now um i'm not going to to start addressing the different kinds of
dependencies in my experience like i said it's in the previous video so you can catch up from there
so today what i want to focus on is how you can succeed with managing these dependencies even
if you know the different kinds of dependencies even if you know the different ways that you can
manage the dependencies but how do you succeed in doing that how do you successfully achieve great
results with dependency issues so um i'm just going to share with you my little secret
what i have always done that has always worked for me and i urge you all to try it and see what
comes out of it please feel free to come back here and share your experience after
you've been able to apply what i'm going to be sharing on here today so as always if this
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now let's dive right straight into our topic how do you succeed with keeping dependencies in check
i have three little secrets that i'm gonna be sharing with you today
that you can also adopt to ensure that you become a pro or a dependency god or a dependency goddess
now you know how one of the characteristics of scrum says that scrum is lightweight scrum is
easy to understand but difficult to master which means that you may know all the scrum in the world
as long as you are not taking deliberate steps to put the things that you know into practice you
will not see any results you will not gonna hear any positive results the only way you can succeed
with scrum is to put all the knowledge you have into deliberate practice is exactly the same thing
with dependency management you may have all the ideas in the world know all the depend different
kinds of dependencies in the world but as long as you are not taking steps taking action to
ensure that everything you know inside you know materializes into an awesome results you will
never you know be able to succeed with dependency now the three things the three secrets that i have
always implemented to ensure that i stay on track towards helping my teams and my organization
with this dependency is simple number one be proactive it sounds simple but it is critical for
you to succeed with dependency management is to be proactive so what do i mean by being proactive
i'll just use a typical example for for teens that practice safe
you all would know uh understand when i say pi plan so typically pi planning is that event
where um teams will come together to discuss so many different things on how they want to work
let's say for the next quarter and dependency is also one of the key conversation during this
pa planning now for you to successfully manage dependencies within your organization i need you
to come with um your plan for dependencies as an input into the pa planning you see
that is before your pa planning meeting i want you to have already identified all of the potential
dependencies that you may be encountering already establish that already you must um have already
connected with these teams with the other team members that you think that you would have to
depend on for any reason whatsoever and come up with a plan on how you want to address these
dependencies whether you're looking for ways to eliminate the dependencies or managing them
establish that plan have that conversation already that is proactively before your actual pi planning
meeting so don't just come to pi planning meeting hoping to meet these other team members so that
at that meeting right there on the spot you can and then you want to start discussing dependencies
it will be challenging it's not going to work you know why because right there during the peer
planning meetings there there is so much to be discussed to a point where people will definitely
miss things if you have not already proactively planned you see so you being able to proactively
identify potential dependencies let's say two weeks or three weeks ahead of your actual pf
planning meeting connect with these teams that you think you'll be dependent on or they'll be
depending on you for whatever reason and discuss through it on how you want to sequence the work
so that you will be eliminating some of these dependencies or the ones that are not able to
be eliminated you want to manage and establish a plan and then bring that plan as an input into
your pi planning meeting you see that way during your pi planning meeting again just as an example
all what you'll be doing around dependency is aligning you're just creating that alignment with
all the teams or team members that um you will have these dependencies with you see
so you're just agreeing that yes this is what we have identified we already had this conversation
and so far we are still on the same page that will be the kind of conversation instead of trying to
right there and they are the sport trying to identify these the dependencies and then come up
with a plan it will be challenging there is no way you will not miss stuff you see and now if you're
able to proactively do these things during that pr planning proper you will just align and then if
everything has changed from the time the last time you people met okay at that point you can just
discuss this new discovery and then add it to the original plan that you already made you see that
is one thing that i have always done to ensure that i succeed with my dependencies secondly
you want to ensure that you establish a plan which already somehow um addressed in the first
point come up with a plan create a plan that is you have already eliminated some of the ones
you've eliminated through collaboration with other teams and whoever you'll be depending on the ones
that you are not able to eliminate now you want to be able to manage them and to successfully
manage them come up with a plan establish a plan on how you want to treat this dependency
that is my second secret establish a plan have a plan it is that important the top and last
thing that i always ensure that i do to succeed with my dependencies is make sure you follow up
follow up it is very important there is no point in creating a plan and then
after the your peer planning meeting is over everyone goes back to their various um
location and then you just fold the plan and keep it at the site how are you gonna get results tell
me there's no way you'll get results following up seems very small but it's critical always ensure
that you you always look one step ahead one two or three steps ahead think of what's next
what's next always especially as a scrum master is your responsibility it is your accountability
to help the teams with these things because trust me your team members are not thinking about these
things that when they're only focusing on okay how do i quote this how do i you know collaborate
with my team member to come up with um the design for this thing or materialize and design for this
thing they are not thinking of the dependencies they are not thinking outside of the box like a
scrum master would do so it is your accountability to help your teams with these things you know so
that these dependencies don't become impediments or roadblocks so follow up with the plan that
you people have originally established on how you want to keep these dependencies on check
connect with these different teams proactively especially let's say that if let's assume that you
have a dependency that you had originally agreed that you would be working on on the third spring
you're in sprint one so what's the beginning of sprint two you just you want to start connecting
with the the other team that you'll be depending on or the other member that you'll be depending on
you know start checking to ensure that they are still they they are they're remaining
alert or the plan that you people originally had is still in place you know reminding them
ensure that you're following up so that the plan that you people have established it materialized
it's as simple as that so again there is no way you can get results if you are not taking action
and to successfully do this is simple just apply you know in addition to so many other things if
you just start by applying this my three little secrets i'm very sure that you will be great
you will have extraordinary results and you become the next dependency god goddess in
your organization just as a recap number one be proactive number two establish a plan number three
follow up with the plan that you have established let's end here today i hope this video was helpful
i will be so thrilled and um curious to hear what you think share your own thoughts
regarding how you have done this in the past what has worked for you what hasn't worked for you
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