Food for Agile Thought #201: Software Nature, Coaching Permission, Safe Spaces, ML Product Management

Food for Agile Thought’s issue #201—shared with 22,612 peers—delves into software nature, we correct some popular misconceptions about Scrum, and we revisit the idea that innovation always includes failure, and that teams should experience it safely.

We also address the conceptual difference of product management for machine learning compared to ‘normal’ product management; we embrace the importance of disrupting ourselves, and we appreciate the Product Backlog ordering quadrant.

Lastly, we learn how to help teams that do not want to be coached.

Did you miss last week’s Food for Agile Thought’s issue #200?

Food for Agile Thought #201: Software Nature, Coaching Permission, Safe Spaces, ML Product Management

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🏆 The Essential Read: Software Nature

Mary Poppendieck: Grown-Up Lean: The Nature of Software

Software nature: Mary Poppendieck shares work in progress; a chapter of the forthcoming ‘The International Handbook of Lean Organization,’ by Cambridge University Press.

Agile & Scrum

Viktor Cessan: 🎙 Coaching Teams That Do Not Want To Be Coached

Viktor Cessan shares his secret recipe on how to get an invitation to coach a team without imposing your coaching offer.

Zach Bonaker: Truth, Lies, and Scrum

Zach Bonaker shares ‘some truths of what Scrum is, what it isn’t, and how you can improve as a practitioner.’

Scott Weiner: Why Innovative Agile Teams Need a Safe Space to "Fail"​ and How to Create One

Scott Weiner points at the obvious: if failure speeds up learning so dramatically, how come that organizations are still struggling with embracing the idea that failure is not merely an option, but a necessity for innovation?

📅 Professional Scrum Master Training PSM I + Liberating Structures — Berlin, September 17-19, 2019

This extended PSM class adds a third day to the Professional Scrum Master training that focuses on the application of Liberating Structures to Scrum Events such as the Sprint Retrospective or the Sprint Review to apply the PSM training immediately to practical problems.

📅 Professional Scrum Master Training PSM I + Liberating Structures — Berlin, September 17-19, 2019

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Product & Lean

(via Data Science Blog by Domino): Machine Learning Product Management: Lessons Learned

Ann Spencer shares product management insights and lessons learned from Peter Skomoroch regarding machine learning.

Natasha Wahid (via WiderFunnel): Not running experiments? You're falling behind

Natasha Wahid points at the elephant in the room: how to avoid disruption from the outside when you’re not trying to disrupt yourself?

Willem Vermaak (via Scrum.org): PO Perspective: Team development for the Development Team

Willem Vermaak shares his Product Backlog ordering quadrant, including team development and experimentation.

📅 Scrum Training & Event Schedule

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🖥 💯 🇬🇧 April 2-30, 2024 GUARANTEED: Product Backlog Management Cohort Class (English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €499 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 April 9, 2024 GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #60: A Q&A on Dynamic Reteaming with Heidi Helfand (English) Live Virtual Meetup FREE
🖥 💯 🇩🇪 April 10-11, 2024 GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 April 23-24, 2024 GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 May 7, 2024 GUARANTEED: Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Training (PSFS; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €749 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 May 7, 2024 GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #61: Toyota Kata Coaching for Agile Teams & Transformations with Fortune Buchholtz (English) Live Virtual Meetup FREE
🖥 🇩🇪 May 14-15, 2024 Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 🇬🇧 May 28-29, 2024 Professional Scrum Master (Advanced) Training (PSM II; English; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,189 incl. 19% VAT
🖥 💯 🇬🇧 June 6, 2024 GUARANTEED: Hands-on Agile #62: From Backlog Manager to Product Manager: From Outputs to Outcomes w/ David Pereira (English) Live Virtual Meetup FREE
🖥 🇩🇪 June 25-26, 2024 Professional Scrum Product Owner Training (PSPO I; German; Live Virtual Class) Live Virtual Class €1,299 incl. 19% VAT
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🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition

Read more: Food for Agile Thought #200: Fixed Agile, Scrum Master Qualification, What Is Your Product, Uncertainty & Product.

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