Diana Larsen

Esther Derby

The tools and recipes in this book will help readers uncover and solve hidden and not-so-hidden problems with their technology and methodology. It offers tips to fix the problems faced on a software development project on an ongoing basis.

Making Good Teams Great

Agile Retrospectives

Ainsley Nies

Liftoff-it's the unexplored, often ignored, Agile project practice. As the first act of flight, a rocket launch requires an entire set of systems to lift the vehicle into orbit-not just the vehicle itself, but all the systems needed for smoothly moving off the ground into space. Likewise, your project needs its entire set of supporting systems in place to begin a successful journey to delivery. Whatever you call it (project kickoff, bootcamp, inception, or jump start), liftoff gives your team its trajectory, and launches your project. This critical practice informs, inspires, and aligns everyone to a singular purpose: the successful delivery of software. This success is in your hands! Agile veterans Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies teach you how to organize and conduct liftoffs, hold team activities to discover what's most important, and offer a working framework for effective and lightweight agile chartering.

Launching Agile Teams & Projects

Liftoff

Tricia Broderick

A detailed framework for leaders to move past outdated workplace blame and shame strategies to cultivate resilient teams capable of facing adversity and setbacks confidently. Workplace finger-pointing stifles creativity, reduces productivity, and limits psychological safety. Although no one sets out to be judgmental, learning new habits is hard. Two experienced leadership and agilists coaches share a road-tested leadership model that continuously embraces humility and failure as part of the growth process to deliver results. By facilitating blame-free retrospective meetings, leaders chart a productive path forward. They amplify three essential motivators of purpose, autonomy, and co-intelligence within their team. Layered on with four resilience factors: inclusive collaboration, transparent power dynamics, collaborative learning, and embracing conflict. After applying these strategies, learning leaders will help their teams and themselves become more resilient and better equipped to handle any unexpected and challenging tasks that comes their way.

Building Resilient Learning Teams

Lead Without Blame

Ready, set, liftoff! Align your team to one purpose: successful delivery. Learn new insights and techniques for starting projects and teams the right way, with expanded concepts for planning, organizing, and conducting liftoff meetings. Real-life stories illustrate how others have effectively started (or restarted) their teams and projects. Master coaches Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies have successfully "lifted off" numerous agile projects worldwide. Are you ready for success?Every team needs a great start. If you're a business or product leader, team coach or agile practice lead, project or program manager, you'll gain strategic and tactical benefits from liftoffs.Discover new step-by-step instructions and techniques for boosting team performance in this second edition of "Liftoft." Concrete examples from our practices show you how to get everyone on the same page from the start as you form the team. You'll find pointers for refocusing an effort that's gone off in the weeds, and practices for working with teams as complex systems. See how to scale liftoffs for multiple teams across the enterprise, address the three key elements for collaborative team chartering, establish the optimal conditions for learning and improvement, and apply the GEFN (Good Enough for Now) rule for efficient liftoffs. Throughout the book are stories from real-life teams lifting off, as seasoned coaches describe their experiences with liftoffs and agile team chartering.Focused conversations help the team align, form, and build enough trust for collaborating. You'll build a common understanding of the teams' context within business goals. Every liftoff is unique, but success is common!

Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams

﻿ „Esther Derby und Diana Larsen haben das Standardwerk über agile Retrospektiven geschrieben. Sie müssen kein agiles Team sein, um aus diesem Buch einen Nutzen zu ziehen. Sie müssen sich nur verbessern wollen. Folgen Sie ihrem Rat und Ihre Teams werden erfolgreicher sein.“ Johanna Rothman, Autorin von Agile and Lean Program Management und Create Your Successful Agile Project Die Arbeit von Teams kann besser werden, wenn sie regelmäßig innehalten und sich fragen: „Was hat gut funktioniert, das wir nicht vergessen möchten? Was sollte anders gemacht werden?“ Retrospektiven ermöglichen genau das. Es ist ein besonderer Moment, in dem Fragen zur kontinuierlichen Verbesserung der Produktivität, der Team-Fähigkeiten bei der Zusammenarbeit und nicht zuletzt zur Verbesserung der Qualität bewegt werden. Neben diesem Nutzen bieten Retrospektiven einen Weg, um Handlungskompetenz und Freude in Teams zu steigern. Zwei der führenden Moderatorinnen der Softwarebranche haben aus ihrer jahrelangen Erfahrung eine zugängliche Referenz für Retrospektiven destilliert, die heute zum Standard gehört. Sie liefert eine solide Grundlage, um die Effizienz Ihrer Iterations-, Release- und Projektretrospektiven zu verbessern. Dazu gehören 30 Aktionen, die Ihnen in den fünf Phasen einer Retrospektive helfen, dem Team wirklich Fortschritte zu ermöglichen. Dieses Buch ist ein absolutes Muss für alle Teamleiter, Moderatoren und jeden, der daran interessiert ist, Verbesserungen voranzutreiben hinsichtlich der Art, wie Teams reflektieren, lernen und funktionieren. Die Autorinnen Esther Derby verfügt über die seltene Qualität, technische und Fragen des Managements und der Führung gleichermaßen verständlich zu bewegen. Sie ist bekannt für ihre Arbeit, Teams bei ihrer Entwicklung wirksam zu helfen, sodass sie ein neues Produktivitätsniveau erreichen, und gehört zu den weltweit führenden Experten für Retrospektiven. Diana Larsen unterstützt zusammen mit Führungskräften aus der Softwareentwicklung Teams bei der Entwicklung ihrer Projektleistungen.

Übungen und Praktiken, die die Motivation und Produktivität von Teams deutlich steigern

Agile Retrospektiven

Ken Schwaber

Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as “post-mortems”) are only held at the end of the project—too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterative and incremental. You need to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today. Now Esther and Diana show you the tools, tricks and tips you need to fix the problems you face on a software development project on an on-going basis. You’ll see how to architect retrospectives in general, how to design them specifically for your team and organization, how to run them effectively, how to make the needed changes and how to scale these techniques up. You’ll learn how to deal with problems, and implement solutions effectively throughout the project—not just at the end. This book will help you: Design and run effective retrospectives Learn how to find and fix problems Find and reinforce team strengths Address people issues as well as technological Use tools and recipes proven in the real world With regular tune-ups, your team will hum like a precise, world-class orchestra.

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