TL; DR: Scrum Product Goal, Psychological Safety—Food for Agile Thought #277
Welcome to the 277th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 30,112 peers. This week, we delve into the Scrum Product Goal, and we address what happens to psychological safety when the leadership opens the pressure valve like in the case of Boeing. Also, we enjoy an interview on how to build super-cohesive teams.
We then apply lessons learned from FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss to stakeholder management, and we are crossing the chasm with Geoffrey Moore: How do you drive innovation? Moreover, we explore defining objectives and key results for your product team.
Lastly, we appreciate a list of 76 prioritization frameworks, and we analyze the reasons for the fall of Kodak and what it means for product management.
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🏆 The Tip of the Week
(via YouTube): 📺 Product Goals in Scrum (Agile Bath & Bristol Jan 2021)
In this talk, Roman Pichler shares his view on how you can successfully apply Product Goals in a Scrum context: What are they, and where do they emanate?
➿ Agile & Scrum Product Goal
and : Lack of Psychological Safety at Boeing
This article is an excerpt from the book “Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility” by Jonathan Smart, with Myles Ogilvie, Zsolt Berend, and Simon Rohrer.
(via Container Solutions): WTF Happens to Psychological Safety When the Pressure Is On?
Helen Bartimote details the dark side of leadership when excessive pressure pushes the culture of psychological safety to its brink and beyond.
and : 🎙 How to Build Super-Cohesive Teams and Work with Joy?
Richard Kasperowski interviews James Shore, who co-created the Agile Fluency Model with Diana Larsen, on his mission.
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This Professional Scrum Master training (PSM I) by Berlin Product People is an official Scrum.org PSM I class that leads to and includes the industry-recognized PSM I certification. The training class is designed as a live virtual class of 4 h per day from 9 to 13 o’clock CEST and will be offered in English.
Learn more: 📅 🖥 🇬🇧 Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM I Certificate — March 2-5, 2021.
🎯 Product
(via Product Coalition): Six Tips: FBI Hostage Negotiation Techniques applied to Stakeholder Management
Julee Everett applies lessons learned from FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss to stakeholder management.
and : 🎙 Crossing the Chasm: How to Effectively Drive Innovation
Daniel Elizalde asks Geoffrey Moore: How do you drive innovation?
: 10x Not 10% - Product management by orders of magnitude
Ken Norton delves into the decline of Kodak, pointing at the failure of its leadership to acquire a moonshot mentality to save the company from demise.
🛠 Tools & Measuring
(via Product Coalition): How to Prioritize Features and Projects: Here’s the Ultimate List of Prioritization Frameworks
Jordan Lamborn shares the latest version of his list of prioritization frameworks, now with 76 methods.
(via productboard): Defining objectives and key results for your product team
Winston Christie-Blick takes us step by step through the process of defining valid OKRs for your team.
📯 The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients
Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? However, you are not sure that it is the right organization? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum Masters and avoid disappointment later.
I have used those four steps for years to identify organizations I would like to work with, and they never failed me. Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job.
👉 Learn more: The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients.
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