{"id":10322,"date":"2020-09-21T10:43:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T09:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caroli.org\/en\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2021-04-22T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:37:47","slug":"ways-of-working-system-boundaries-and-interactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caroli.org\/en\/ways-of-working-system-boundaries-and-interactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways of Working \u2013 System boundaries and interactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please find below a sequence of activities to align about a team Ways of Working. These activities are based on Systems thinking and Scrum ceremonies.<\/p>\n

1. Set the Context<\/h2>\n

Start by sharing the context for the workshop. For example: This is our ABC workshop. During these X hours, we want to know more about each other, we want to look at the way we work, and we want to ….<\/p>\n

2. Prime directive<\/h2>\n

\u2018Cooperation is the act of working with others and acting together to accomplish a job. Team is a partnership of unique people who bring out the very best in each other, and who know that even though they are wonderful as individuals, they are even better together. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.\u2019 \u02dc – team building prime directive from FunRetrospectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Ice breaker<\/h2>\n

Make sure to select and run an ice break activity. More ideas here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. System goals and boundaries<\/h2>\n

4.1 Start by explaining the difference between Analytical thinking and System thinking.<\/p>\n

Analytical thinking seeks to understand, organize and concatenate the actions of each part to achieve the final result. In systems thinking, the end result pursue does not come from focusing on the individual actions of its parts. Instead, the focus is on the way they interact to fulfil the purpose of the system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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You can summarise it as: parts and actions versus parts and interactions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can say something like: ‘In this activity we\u2019ll exercise our System thinking.’<\/p>\n

Share the following system definition:<\/p>\n

A system is an arrangement of parts within the system\u2019s boundaries which interact with each other, cooperating in a process to accomplish a goal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4.2 Foster a conversation and take notes for each of the following questions:<\/p>\n