Food for Agile Thoughtโs issue #203โshared with 23,236 peersโrevisits the case for a combined top-down, bottom-up approach to agile transformations; we learn how to identify and deal with Zombie Scrum, and we consider the usefulness of making a Development Team member also the Scrum Master.
We then address how to communicate product changes to customers in a way that they will not freak out; we go Black Mirror with ethic tests, and we consider how to communicate as a product mensch with engineers without making them freak out either.
Lastly, we ask whether it is futile to resist the slow but steady assimilation of coaches into an organizationโs culture?
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๐ The Essential Read
Organize Agile): Why true agile transformation requires apex predators
(viaMichiel van Gerven chooses a great metaphor to stress the importance of a combined top-down and bottom-up approach to make agile transformations work.
Agile & Zombie Scrum
Zen Ex Machina): How to survive the Zombie Scrum Apocalypse
(viaMia Horrigan shares her slides from the Lean-Agile Systems Thinking (LAST) Conference on symptoms of Zombie Scrum and how to fight it.
The Trap of being an Embedded Agile Coach
:Bob Galen analyzes the options of avoiding being assimilated by an organizationโs culture.
Can a Development Team Member also be the Scrum Master?
:Fellow PST Stephanie Ockerman reflects on the combination of Scrum roles in one individual and its usefulness.
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Product & Lean
How to Write Product Updates that Delight Customers & Reduce Churn
:Jason Evanish shares his approach on how to communicate product changes properly to customers.
Mind The Product): ๐ The Black Mirror Test
(viaIn this podcast, Roisi Proven shares how to put product decisions through a rigorous ethics test, modeled after the TV show.
Pivotal): The Art of Interrupting Software Engineers
(viaHadrien Raffalli introduces his routine to facilitate conversations with the engineers he works with regularly.
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