Diana Larsen is a co-founder, and principal mentor at the Agile Fluency® Project. Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; Five Rules for Accelerated Learning. She co-originated the Agile Fluency® model and eBook, The Agile Fluency Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile. For 20+ years, she guided Agile transitions for FutureWorks Consulting. Through Agile Fluency Project’s programs for training, mentoring, and supporting agile coaches and consultants, Diana shares the wisdom she’s gained in over 30 years of working with leaders, teams, and organizations.
The idea of team members having genuine interactions appealed to me. I swooned over interactions that helped teams iterate toward constructive work processes.
I fell hard for low defect deliverables that would support the users as long as they needed it. And the business success that resulted–Dreamy!
StandUps offer the most benefit when they sustain communication about the state of the work. They work best when team members keep their responses succinct. Strive for brief (30-60 seconds per team member), frequent, and to the point. It helps when team members know the questions ahead of time and come prepared. I shared a suggestion I learned from James Shore; each person can write their answer on an index card to bring to the meeting.
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume. Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for. Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by: • A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile. • The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site. We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.
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Diana Larsen
Diana Larsen is a co-founder, and principal mentor at the Agile Fluency® Project. Diana co-authored the books Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great; Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams; Five Rules for Accelerated Learning. She co-originated the Agile Fluency® model and eBook, The Agile Fluency Model: A Brief Guide to Success with Agile. For 20+ years, she guided Agile transitions for FutureWorks Consulting. Through Agile Fluency Project’s programs for training, mentoring, and supporting agile coaches and consultants, Diana shares the wisdom she’s gained in over 30 years of working with leaders, teams, and organizations.
Falling in Love with Agile (Again)
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The idea of team members having genuine interactions appealed to me. I swooned over interactions that helped teams iterate toward constructive work processes.
I fell hard for low defect deliverables that would support the users as long as they needed it. And the business success that resulted–Dreamy!
In short, I fell in love.
Keeping the “Up” in Daily Standup Meetings
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StandUps offer the most benefit when they sustain communication about the state of the work. They work best when team members keep their responses succinct. Strive for brief (30-60 seconds per team member), frequent, and to the point. It helps when team members know the questions ahead of time and come prepared. I shared a suggestion I learned from James Shore; each person can write their answer on an index card to bring to the meeting.
About Best Agile Articles Project
Best Agile Articles is a collaborative project of the Agile community to bring you the best of the best publications each year. Our goal in publishing these yearly editions is to cull through the many articles that are published each year and provide you with a curated set of high-quality articles that capture the latest knowledge and experience of the agile community in one compact volume.
Our purpose is twofold. First, we understand that it’s hard to figure out where to go when looking for ideas and answers. There are thousands of blogs, videos, books and other resources available at the click of a mouse. But that can be a lot to sort through. So, we thought we could be of some help. Second, we wanted to bring some visibility to many people who are doing outstanding work in this field and are providing helpful resources. We hope that this publication will help them connect to you, the ones they are writing for.
Our intention is that this publication is to be by the agile community as a service to the agile community and for the agile community. With that in mind, we pulled together a great group of volunteers to help get this work into your hands.
The articles in this volume were selected by:
• A diverse Volunteer Committee of sixteen people with expertise in a variety of areas related to agile.
• The agile community. A call for article nominations went out in early 2020 and several dozen 2019 articles were nominated by the community.
The articles themselves cover a wide variety of topics including organizational structure, culture, and agile leadership. There is something for almost everyone here. All editions of the Best Agile Articles publication are available on Amazon and free to download on the Best Agile Article site.
We are thankful for the great participation by the agile community at large. If you would like to participate in delivering this publication in future years, we would welcome hearing from you.