Like everything else we do in agile software development, the notion of “value” is at the centre of this shift to asynchronous work as well. Let’s get one thing straight - asynchronous work is not the goal. It’s a means to an end: an end that wholly synchronous ways of working cannot achieve.

The first step in introducing change on your team will be to align on these elements of value. The more of these benefits the team cares about, the more they’ll be open to change.