Esther Derby, Esther Derby Associates, Inc.

Esther Derby is well known for her work in helping teams grow to new levels of productivity and coaching technical people who are making the transition to management. Esther started her professional career as a programmer and now focuses on interpersonal, group, and organizational dynamics.
Esther is co-author (with Johanna Rothman) of Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. Her latest book is Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, which she wrote with Diana Larsen. Esther is one of the founders of the Scrum Alliance and has an MA in Organizational Leadership. Her articles have appeared in Better Software, Software Development, CrossTalk and on-line at stickyminds.com, scrumalliance.org and ayeconference.com.

Presentation: "Organizational Culture and Agility: How Organizational Culture Supports or Hinders Agile Methods"

Track: What Makes Agility Work?

Time: Tuesday 16:00 - 16:45

Location: Conference Hall 2

Abstract: Culture has to do with how people use power, how people treat each other, beliefs and practices about motivation, and values. Agile methods are most successful where there's a good fit between the organizational culture and the values that underpin Agile Methods. In this talk, I'll outline four organizational culture types and discuss how each supports or inhibits adoption and adaptation of Agile methods.

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