TL; DR: Ethical Agile Coaching, Best Practice Cult—Food for Agile Thought #278
Welcome to the 278th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 30,189 peers. This week, we delve into ethical agile coaching; we investigate whether being agile is necessary but not sufficient for being lean, and we learn why best practices can be harmful and why we, nevertheless, like following them.
We then reveal a shocking truth: most great product teams follow a system that resembles Waterfall to launch new innovative features. We also look at how agile practices have influenced and changed product management since the publication of the Agile Manifesto, and we point at the answer to the question of what makes for a healthy product culture.
Lastly, we appreciate Dave Snowden’s reflection on the nature and challenges of organizational change, employing a mapping metaphor.
Did you miss previous Food for Agile Thought’s issue #277?
🗞 Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Awesome! You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers.
🏆 The Tip of the Week: Ethical Agile Coaching
, and (via InfoQ): Draft Published of the Code of Ethical Conduct for Agile Coaching
The Agile Coaching Ethics Initiative has published a draft code of ethics that aims to raise agile coaching standards.
➿ Agile & Scrum Product Goal
(via Mind The Product): You Can’t be Lean Unless You’re Agile
Janna Bastow claims that being agile is necessary but not sufficient for being lean.
: The Cult of Best Practice
Dominik Krejcik dissects why best practices can be harmful and why we, nevertheless, like following them.
(via Cognitive Edge): On organisational change
Dave Snowden reflects on the nature and challenges of organizational change, employing a mapping metaphor.
🎓 🖥 🇬🇧 Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM I Certificate — March 2-5, 2021
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
and (via Reforge): Scaling Product Delivery: The ‘Dirty’ Secret of High Performing Product Teams
Andy Johns and Matt Greenberg reveal a shocking truth: most great product teams follow a system that resembles Waterfall to launch new innovative features or products repeatably.
: How Agile Has Changed Product Management
Roman Pichler looks at how agile practices have influenced and changed product management since the publication of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development 20 years ago.
: What Makes A Strong Product Culture?
Ken Norton addresses the question of what makes for a healthy product culture.
🛠 Tools & Measuring
(via Okay Software): Engineering productivity can be measured - just not how you'd expect
Antoine Boulanger predicts that engineering teams will adopt a data-driven management mode during the next years.
(via Product School): Measuring Product Success with Pinterest Head of Growth
In this Q&A session, Seth Weisfeld answers questions on properly measuring success and the secrets behind great growth product managers.
📯 23 Product Owner Anti-Patterns from Job Ads: The Snitch, the Whip, the Bookkeeper, the Six Sigma Black Belt™
Like a job ad for a Scrum Master position, the equivalent for the Product Owner position also reveals excellent insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. Yesterday, I analyzed 60-plus randomly selected job ads from the UK, the US, and Germany for that purpose. Learn more about what makes job ads such a treasure trove with the following 23 Product Owner anti-patterns.
👉 Learn more: 23 Product Owner Anti-Patterns from Job Ads: The Snitch, the Whip, the Bookkeeper, the Sigma Black Belt™.
📅 Scrum Training & Event Schedule
You can secure your seat for Scrum training classes, workshops, and meetups directly by following the corresponding link in the table below:
See all upcoming classes here.
You can book your seat for the training directly by following the corresponding links to the ticket shop. If the procurement process of your organization requires a different purchasing process, please contact Berlin Product People GmbH directly.
📺 Join 2,600-plus Agile Peers on Youtube
Now available on the Age-of-Product Youtube channel:
- 🆕 Scrum Guide 2020: Eight Remarkable Changes — Hands-on Agile #28.
- Remote Agile (1) Replay: Practices and Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners.
- Scrum Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns.
✋ Do Not Miss Out and Learn about the Ethical Agile Coaching: Join the 9,000-plus Strong ‘Hands-on Agile’ Slack Community
I invite you to join the “Hands-on Agile” Slack Community and enjoy the benefits of a fast-growing, vibrant community of agile practitioners from around the world.
If you like to join all you have to do now is provide your credentials via this Google form, and I will sign you up. By the way, it’s free.