Food for Agile Thought #244
TL; DR: Agile’s State 2020, Tech Radar 2020 — Food for Agile Thought #244
Welcome to the 244th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 26,621 peers. This week, we learn more about Agile’s State 2020; we explore the latest technology trends and dig into the performance and happiness surveys of remote workers.
We also compare three frameworks for strategic alignment; we consider a suggestion on how to design a product organization and come back to product requirements.
Lastly, we applaud Cal Newport for suggesting how to fix the numerous issues of remote work for newly distributed organizations.
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🏆 The Tip of the Week: Agile’s State 2020
(via Digital.ai): 14th Annual State of Agile Report
The latest status report on enterprise ‘Agile‘ is available for download.
Agile & Scrum
(via ThoughtWorks): Technology Radar Vol. 22 — An opinionated guide to technology frontiers
Download the latest version of ThoughtWorks’ Tech Radar.
Source: ThoughtWorks: Technology Radar Vol. 22 — An opinionated guide to technology frontiers
Shane Hastie (via InfoQ): Conflicting Reports on Remote Worker Productivity and Contentment
Shane Hastie reports on different surveys and investigations regarding the effects of working remotely.
Source: InfoQ: Conflicting Reports on Remote Worker Productivity and Contentment
Author: Shane Hastie
Cal Newport (via The New Yorker): Why Remote Work Is So Hard — and How It Can Be Fixed
Cal Newport points at that the challenges of remote work aren’t just technological. They’re managerial.
Source: The New Yorker: Why Remote Work Is So Hard — and How It Can Be Fixed
📅 🖥 Remote Agile Training — June 23 to July 7, 2020, € 167
The Distributed Agile Masterclass addresses practices and tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, project managers, and Product Owners on how to facilitate agile events with distributed teams effectively.
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Product & Lean
Mattias Skarin (via Crisp): Comparison of three strategy alignment frameworks — OKRs, Spotify Rhythm and Art of Action Strategy Briefing
Mattias Skarin explores three different frameworks to ensure your organization is collectively pulling in the same direction.
Jens-Fabian Goetzmann (via Medium): Establishing a Product Organization Structure
Jens-Fabian Goetzmann sketches how to set up the organizational structure of a product development department.
Source: Medium: Establishing a Product Organization Structure
Author: Jens-Fabian Goetzmann
(via TribalScale Inc.): How to Write Detailed Product Requirements without Killing Creativity
Nathan Udren shares his approach to an outcome-oriented product backlog.
Source: TribalScale: How to Write Detailed Product Requirements without Killing Creativity
🔬 Good Remote Agile Practices — First Insights from the Survey
The first insights are available from the Remote Agile Survey: What are good remote agile practices, and what are possible low-hanging fruits that haven’t yet been tried by a majority of participants? Moreover, we learn if new collaboration practices have been tested and if so what those are.
Learn more: Good Remote Agile Practices — First Insights from the Survey.
🗞️ Last Week’s Food for Agile Thought Edition
Read more: Food for Agile Thought #243: Agile Training Wheels, Adoption & Maturity, Remote Team Building, Dark Patterns.
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