In this conversation Shane Hastie and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting talk about
- Shane starting his career in South Africa in 1982
- Getting a solid grounding in mainframe programming from an intensive training program & programming in Assembler for a teller machine software for a financial institution
- Working on ‘End User Computing’ approaches on the mainframe, very closely with the business users – very similar to the Agile approaches of today
- Being one of the early users of a PC, and with the limited capabilities, considering the mainframe as the best peripheral that one could attach to a PC!
- Starting a company with his wife, focusing on solutions in a PC
- Building solutions for small and medium airlines in Africa
- Moving back to New Zealand and joining a company there
- Leveraging his experience in business analysis and project management as a trainer
- Getting an opportunity, in 2002 – to have close interactions with many of the signatories of the Agile manifesto – and understand the intent behind many of those ideas
- Working with ICAgile for the last four years and how ICAgile has internalized Agile thinking, particularly the humanistic values and in the ways of working
- His transitions to various roles over his career
- The excellent support he got from his wife all through
- The transition to a trainer, wanting to share his knowledge and experience with others & training over 40000 people
- How he could easily adapt to ambiguity and taking to the Agile approaches [including precursors such as Rapid Application Development etc]
- A bad experience in delivering to specs, but not the need
- Most people who come to classes want to learn and they are ‘participants’ in their own learning journeys
- The impact of the pandemic on in person learning and the effectiveness of remote learning and his tips on adapting in person delivery to remote learning
- On the ethical coaching framework initiative
- How to find out if one has in them, to be a trainer or coach
Shane Hastie, MIM ICP-PO ICE-AC
Shane joined ICAgile in 2017 as the Director of Agile Learning Programs and is now the Director of Community Development. He contributes to the strategic direction and expansion of ICAgile’s learning programs, including maintaining and extending ICAgile’s learning objectives, providing thought leadership, collaborating with industry experts, and supporting the larger ICAgile community, which includes more than 150 Member Organizations and over 100,000 ICAgile certification holders. In the Community Development role, he is responsible for building and nurturing the community of over 500 ICAgile Authorized Instructors.
Shane is a TBR certified Trainer and is authorized to teach the Facilitating Exceptional Remote Learning class from Judy Rees.
Over the last 30+ years Shane has been a practitioner and leader of developers, testers, trainers, project managers and business analysts, helping teams to deliver results that align with overall business objectives. Before joining ICAgile he spent 15 years as a professional trainer, coach and consultant specialising in Agile practices, business analysis, project management, requirements, testing and methodologies for SoftEd in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
He has worked with large and small organisations, from individual teams to large transformations all around the world. He draws on over 30 years of practical experience across all levels of Information Technology and software intensive product development.
Shane was a director of the Agile Alliance from 2011 to 2016 and was the founding Chair of Agile Alliance New Zealand.
He leads the Culture and Methods editorial team for InfoQ.com where he hosts the weekly InfoQ Culture Podcast.
He was one of the authors for both versions of the Agile Extension to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge and a member of the core team for BABOK V3.
He is co-chair of the Agile Alliance Agile Coaching Ethics initiative, working to produce a code of ethical conduct for agile coaching.
He is co-author of the recent book #noprojects – A Culture of Continuous Value, available on Amazon and from InfoQ
“I firmly believe that humanistic way of working and the agile mindset are desperately needed in organisations all around the globe today. Taking agile values and principles beyond software is important and making sure they are properly embedded is absolutely crucial for success – we’re in an industry that touches every aspect of people’s lives and massively influences society as a whole and I want to be a part of making sure that industry is both ethical and sustainable.”
Contact info:
Email: shane@icagile.com
Twitter: @shanehastie
LinkedIn: shanehastie
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