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- thinking_in_bets_-_annie_duke
- t there are exactly two things that determine how our lives turn out: the quality of our decisions and luck. Learning to recognize the difference between th... bets is all about. Pete Carroll was a victim of our tendency to equate the quality of a decision with... ith this exercise. I ask group members to come to our first meeting with a brief description of their b
- quotable_quotes_list.old
- rder we try to incentivize performance, the worse our problem becomes.” — Donald G. Reinertsen * “In product development, our problem is virtually never motionless engineers. ... es ownership" -- Unknown * “When you visualize your pain and gather data about it, it’s much easier t... communication but to manage the incompleteness of our communications” — Alistair Cockburn, Agile Softwa
- how_do_we_overcome_i_win_you_lose_type_thinking_to_open_organization_to_learning
- riments, you will be able to improve how you and your organization makes decisions and conducts experim... ideas on how you can take this approach back to your organization By thinking in terms of bets, and s... viewed), you will be able to improve how you and your organization makes decisions and collaborates. An... ng. ====== Learning Outcomes ====== * Improve our ability to make decisions (so we are able to leve
- under_what_conditions_is_full-time_equivalent_fte_resource_planning_effective
- we will pull together a detailed resource plan of our people with the idea being that we can predict ho... In order to ensure that we have the best use of our people (that they are being well or fully utilize... The main issue we need to work is to ensure that our people are working on the most important things. ... . Bottom line is that my experience has been that our developers, QA, etc. do not really operate per th
- what_events_should_we_put_in_place_for_iterations_or_sprints
- The following notes gives you some ideas of what your calendar looks like for a Team would look doing a... etings still make sense. Use what makes sense in your situation. * If you are starting out with a new... up specifies "max" time for the meeting. This is your time box. You don't have to use all the time. Its... up shows a standard two week Iteration (Sprint). Your Iteration (Sprint) might be longer / shorter. Adj
- what_inbuilt_biases_do_we_have_that_impede_good_decision_making
- or have at least heard of the idea that sometimes our brains operate in such a way that we make poor de... that we are a poorer manager / knowledge worker. Our work shouldn't be so hard: it is all about figuri... Sometime the problem is caused by the fact that your brain is getting in the way. Not only is it hard ... is_agile_so_hard|Why Is Agile So Hard?]] but also our brains are wired in a way which actually gets in
- quotable_quotes_ag
- al was not resulting in any better decisions, and our priority should be reaching the best possible dec... portant, we realized the potential for bolstering our relationships with our partner agencies by way of a strong linchpin liaison officer (LNO). As it turned out, some of our best LNOs were also some of our best leaders on t
- what_is_a_user_story_ssa
- ther the functionality that we need to provide to our end users. We already know that we will be demonstrating this capability to our end users at the end of a Sprint / iteration so i... l drug industry – and this fact probably explains our lack of understanding of who we are doing the wor... are writing code, or testing a capability and in your head you are assuming that a “database administra
- what_kind_of_working_agreements_should_we_set_up_for_the_team
- a situation where we cannot, for example, control our emotions. * The process of creating working agr... is a subject that we can and should talk about. Our aim is to create high-performing Teams (or groups... ====== What kind of things should be covered in your working agreements? Basically you are answering t... ere, what do we want to achieve together, what is our core, our strongest beliefs and our purpose? Why
- what_kinds_of_problems_do_you_see_when_agile_teams_churn_team_members_a_lot
- if they are subject to high churn? * We impact our ability to deliver value. Just repeating it hear ... * We reduce predictability: We should not expect our Teams to meet commitments they have made. Teams a... of deliverables - technical debt). * We impact our products: We are potentially impacting our ability to implement and support our products. Sometimes we
- conflict_resolution_-_daniel_dana
- about conflict resolution we learned by watching our mother and father deal with issues." The realit... n we are involved in conflicts in a later part of our live, we are more than just "involved". We are in... who behave in ways that we perceive as threats to our self-interests we respond in the traditional, ref... ffs at dawn", but we will probably seek to ensure our safety by defeating our adversaries. * Flight:
- how_do_we_allow_for_innovation
- Before going into the details of how we organized our first hack-a-thon, what were the results? The bac... people needed to do next and presented it in a 1 hour kick-off session. The presentation covered: * ... Hack-a-thon]]. * We then set expectations for our version - “Up to 3 days of free time during regul... s to define and implement any new idea related to our products or business” * Why, our business reaso
- this_is_lean_-_resolving_the_efficiency_paradox_-_niklas_modig
- cularly challenging when we must repeatedly shift our focus from one task to another. The fewer tasks w... ing secondary needs? In other words, how much of your total working time is dedicated to superfluous wo... . The paradox is that we believe we are utilizing our resources efficiently, but we are actually being ... e to focus on resource efficency if that is what your business model supports. So the business needs to
- turn_the_ship_around_-_a_true_story_of_turning_followers_into_leaders_-_david_marquet
- For example, "Here’s an exercise you can do with your senior leadership at your next off-site. Identify in the organization’s policy documents where decisio... k the worries and begin to attack them." * Act your way to new thinking. For example "Starting condition: you’ve had a discussion with your leadership group and identified some sort of cult
- what_can_we_do_to_improve_our_retrospectives
- ====== What Can We Do To Improve Our Retrospectives? ====== When you get started, Retrospectives seem ... / improve (“learned helplessness”). >“Inertia is our enemy” - [[https://popcornflow.com/|Claudio Perro... you have a 2 week iteration, you might need a 2 hour retrospective. For a retrospective for a whole qu... orking remotely. Ice-breakers help us learn about our team mates. Pick a subject (it doesn’t have to be