Food for Agile Thought #236: Back to Agile Roots, Zoom’s Bad Rep, Tech Mercenaries, Dealing w/ Uncertainty
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TL; DR: Back to Agile Roots, Zoom’s Bad Rep — Food for Agile Thought #236
This week, we explore how the adoption of Agile outside the software industry may have cut the agile roots; we are pleased to learn that Zoom’s CEO got the memo, and we embrace Strategy Knotworking to inspect and adapt our plans in uncertain times.
We also reflect on how to best deal with difficult people; we oppose the idea that tech, design, and product are infighting factions, and we learn more about genuine innovation beyond mercenary engineers implementing stakeholder requirements.
Lastly, we applaud Shane Parrish for pointing at the obvious: that merely excelling at one thing might prove to be tricky in a VUCA world.
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?? The Tip of the Week: Future Remote Work
?? Dave Snowden (via Lean Agile Brighton): Doctrine, Domesticity and Delinquency; Returning Agile to the Wild
In this talk, Dave Snowden asks whether Agile is all lost or if we can get back the original inspiration of the Agile Manifesto.
Source: Lean Agile Brighton: ?? Doctrine, Domesticity and Delinquency; Returning Agile to the Wild
Author: Dave Snowden
Agile & Scrum
Eric S. Yuan (via Zoom): A Message to Our Users
Zoom’s founder and CEO promises to deal with the privacy issues starting immediately.
Source: Zoom: A Message to Our Users
Author: Eric S. Yuan
Barry Overeem (via The Liberators): Moving Forward in a New and Uncertain World
Barry Overeem shares how The Liberators applied Liberating Structures’ Strategy Knotworking to inspect the present and adapt to the new circumstances.
Source: The Liberators: Moving Forward in a New and Uncertain World
Author: Barry Overeem
Shane Parrish (via Farnam Street): Preserving Optionality: Preparing for the Unknown
Shane Parrish advocates that — as the future gets harder to predict — preserving optionality allows us to pivot when the road ahead crumbles.
Source: Farnam Street: Preserving Optionality: Preparing for the Unknown
Author: Shane Parrish
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Product & Lean
Marty Cagan: The Role of Technology
Marty Cagan delves into software is eating the world, mercenary engineers, roadmaps of stakeholder requirements, and genuine innovation.
Source: The Role of Technology
Author: Marty Cagan
Roman Pichler: Dealing with Difficult Emotions in Product Management
Roman Pichler reflects on how to learn dealing with difficult people constructively.
Source: Dealing with Difficult Emotions in Product Management
Author: Roman Pichler
Ant Murphy (via Product Coalition): ‘Product vs Design vs Tech’: A Partnership, not a Battlefield
Anthony Murphy shares his take on what high performing product teams look like.
Source: Product Coalition: ‘Product vs Design vs Tech’: A Partnership, not a Battlefield
Author: Ant Murphy
?? Remote Agile (Part 3): Mastering Zoom
In this third post of the Remote Agile series, we address the tool at the heart of working with a distributed team as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Product Owner: Zoom. While Zoom is an excellent video conference application — particularly for larger groups of twelve or more attendees — by all standards, its killer feature is breakout rooms. Turning a more or less passive audience into engaged collaborators where everyone is included and has a voice makes the difference between a successful facilitator and someone who fails to adapt to a new situation. Let’s have a look at what mastering Zoom is all about.
Read more: Remote Agile (Part 3): Mastering Zoom.
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