Food for Agile Thought’s issue #174—shared with 20,147 peers—focuses on making sense of feedback with the epic new EPIQ model; we talk about a Scrum value that also applies to managers, and we reflect on the prime directive and the magic it provides.
We also address the importance of product design principles; we add systems thinking to our product management toolbox, and we learn how best exploit the opportunity of a rewrite.
Lastly, we appeal to efficiency freaks to finally realize that slowing down speeds up everything in software development.
Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #173?
🏆 The Essential Read: Agile Feedback
: The EPIQ Feedback Model
Viktor Cessan distilled his observations and research on feedback into a new model.
Agile Feedback & Scrum
(via InfoQ): How to Slow Down to Go Faster Than Ever in Software Development
Lemi Orhan Ergin points at the obvious that so often is ignored: that rushing makes us neither faster, nor more productive; it increases stress and distracts focus.
: Stop Disrespecting Managers in Agile Contexts!
Bob Galen points at the tendency in some agile circles to stereotype and marginalize managers.
(via ThoughtWorks): Applying the Prime Directive beyond the retrospective
Anne Weise believes that the Prime Directive establishes the base for open, respectful communication.
📅 Tickets Are available now: Agile Camp Berlin 2019: April 26–27, 2019
The Agile Camp Berlin 2019 will happen from April 26 to April 27, 2019. The ACB19 venue will be the Evangelische Schule Berlin Zentrum right in the middle of Berlin.
Experience two energizing days with 200 agile peers focusing on community, sharing, and learning. Moreover, I am particularly excited that we will dedicate the second day to practicing games and exercises—from Liberating Structures to paper snowflakes and airplanes to building castles with 50 other folks, you have never met in your life!
Ticket prices will range from € 79 incl. VAT (the regular ticket) to € 99 incl. VAT (the late-bird ticket).
We expect the official website to be available mid of January 2019. There you will be able to see who will participate, suggestions for talks, games, and exercises as well as the details of the Agile Camp Berlin 2019. If you like to stay tuned, consider joining the Hands-on Agile Slack group.
Product & Lean
: Articulating Your Product Design Principles
Sachin Rekhi reflects on the importance of defining your company's core, all the way from your vision to your values, when building a product.
(via uxdesign.cc): Good thinking, good products
Sebastian Lindemann shares his notion of how systems thinking fits into the product management toolbox.
: Tips for Rewriting a Digital Product
Roman Pichler reflects on the opportunity that a rewrite poses from the product perspective.
From the Blog: Team Building Mental Models
Team building has always been a challenge, not just since the advent of agile frameworks and the resulting emphasis on self-organization, engagement, and achieving a valuable objective. This post covers four team building mental models — or concepts — that have proven useful in understanding the context of creating agile teams: from Taylorism to Tuckman to Lencioni to Dan Pink.
Read more: Team Building Mental Models.
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🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition
Read more: Food for Agile Thought #173: Agile Common Sense, Agile Team Building, Product-Oriented Engineers.
