Food for Agile Thought #259: Fully Remote Teams, Benevolent Dictators, Testing Business Ideas, Lean Risk Mitigation
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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.
Source: Fast Company: GitLab’s radical vision for the future of remote work
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Agile & Scrum
Mike Cohn: 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.
Source: Project pre-mortem: How-to guide for preventing problems
Author: Mike Cohn
(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.
Source: Stack Overflow: Open source governance: Benevolent dictator or decision by committee?
Ellen Gottesdiener (via Medium): Workshop by Design Canvas: Making Collaboration Work
Ellen Gottesdiener advocates that creating a healthy product community is best achieved with facilitated workshops.
Source: Medium: Workshop by Design Canvas: Making Collaboration Work
Author: Ellen Gottesdiener
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Product & Lean
📺 David J Bland (via Mind The Product): Testing Business Ideas
In 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.
Source: Mind The Product: 📺 Testing Business Ideas
Author: David J Bland
Itamar Gilad: A Lean Approach to Opportunities and Threats
Itamar Gilad delves into how to avoid missing out on product opportunities.
Source: A Lean Approach to Opportunities and Threats
Author: Itamar Gilad
🎙 Rahul Vohra (via First Round Capital): How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
Rahul Vohra shares the story of how his startup managed to create a product their customers love.
Source: First Round Capital: 🎙 How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit
Author: Rahul Vohra
📯 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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