Async agile 1.0, is distributed agile 2.0!
This blog expands on the ideas from “The Async-First Playbook”. You can either browse through the posts using the grid below, or start at the very beginning. Alternatively, use the search bar below to find content across the site.
Please, please, don't write in slides
Wait, what? Write in slides? Well, yes. And I’m sure you’ve seen this yourself. Heck, I’ve done it myself as well. Guilty as charged!
If you’ve normalised this approach to writing and sharing information, then I’m here to tell you that you should write differently. That’s what this post is about.
3 asynchronous techniques to help you communicate about design
As team size increases, communication becomes more complex. Small teams will eventually bring in new people. Such is life. Team size aside, you’ll find that complex decisions lend themselves better to the written word. Moreover, there are limits to what people can remember, so it makes sense to commit things to writing. If we’re designing continuously, we’re also communicating about it all the time. In today’s post, I want to share three asynchronous techniques to communicate about design.
Hansel and Gretel - 5 audit trails from the flow of our work
Like the pebble trail in the story of Hansel and Gretel, our projects need audit trails for us to keep track of changes, communicate on a daily basis, and to onboard and align people. We discuss the five most important trails in this article. In the context of distributed teams these represent communication and documentation in the flow of work.