TL; DR: Fully Remote Teams, Benevolent Dictators — Food for Agile Thought #259
Welcome to the 259th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 27,128 peers. This week, we have a glimpse at the world of fully remote teams. We also derisk projects with pre-mortems, and we learn about decision making and benevolent dictators.
We then embrace the testing of business ideas; we discover a lean approach to risk mitigation, and we learn about one startup’s path to product/market-fit.
Lastly, we are grateful for a workshop planning canvas to support our facilitation efforts.
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🏆 The Tip of the Week: Fully Remote Teams
(via Fast Company): GitLab’s radical vision for the future of remote work
Fast Company believes that the world’s largest all-remote company offers a glimpse into the future of work.
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Agile & Scrum
Project pre-mortem: How-to guide for preventing problems
:Mike Cohn describes a TRIZ-like approach to risk mitigation by figuring out in advance what can go wrong.
(via Stack Overflow): Open source governance: Benevolent dictator or decision by committee?
Ryan Donovan analyzes the options of how to manage an open-source software project. A good read for Scrum Master and Product Owners, too.
Medium): Workshop by Design Canvas: Making Collaboration Work
(viaEllen Gottesdiener advocates that creating a healthy product community is best achieved with facilitated workshops.
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Product & Lean
Mind The Product): 📺 Testing Business Ideas
(viaIn this video, David J Bland speaks about his process of writing his book ‘Testing Business Ideas.’ Of course, he tested the content of the book as he was writing it.
A Lean Approach to Opportunities and Threats
:Itamar Gilad delves into how to avoid missing out on product opportunities.
First Round Capital): 🎙 How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
(viaRahul Vohra shares the story of how his startup managed to create a product their customers love.
📯 Agile Management Anti-Patterns — An Introduction for Aspiring Servant Leaders
Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach through the back door to the ‘where is my report’ attitude to other beloved signs of applied Taylorism.
Read more: Agile Management Anti-Patterns — An Introduction for Aspiring Servant Leaders .
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🖥 🇬🇧 September 15-18, 2020 | GUARANTEED: Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 September 21-24, 2020 | GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; English; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 September 29 to Oct 2, 2020 | GUARANTEED: PSPO I Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (English; Online) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 💯 🇩🇪 October 6-9, 2020 | GUARANTEED: PSPO I Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (German; Online) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 🇬🇧 October 20 – November 3, 2020 | Distributed Agile Masterclass (English) | Live Virtual Class | €199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 Oct 22–24, 2020 | GUARANTEED: Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2020 (English) | Berlin | €29 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 🇩🇪 October 27-30, 2020 | Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; German; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 🇬🇧 November 3-6, 2020 | Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🖥 🇬🇧 November 10-13, 2020 | Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; English; Live Virtual Class) | Live Virtual Class | €1.199 incl. 16% VAT |
🇬🇧 Nov 17-18, 2020 | Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM I; English) | Berlin | €1,179 incl. 16% VAT |
🇬🇧 December 15-16, 2020 | Advanced Professional Scrum Master Training (PSM II; English) | Berlin | €1,499 incl. 16% VAT |
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