Go async-first with your team.
If you and your team wish to work async-first and you’re not sure which practices to adopt, you've reached the right place. This method stack offers ideas for small changes you can implement on your team to go async-first, one step at a time. The launch video on this page (from a few years back) offers a quick overview.
Use the filters below to find async-first methods that are relevant to your team. For detailed articles, check out the blog.
Decentralise team F2F events
Autonomous teams make their own decisions. So leave the decision of when to meet F2F, to the team itself.
F2F social events
F2F interactions are a great way for your team to recharge your social batteries and to build camaraderie.
Plough back savings into team bonding
If you reduce unnecessary meetings, you can use the time savings to build relationships with your team mates.
Write a team API
Broadcast how your team will interact with other teams, using a TEAM API.
Organise using team topologies
To minimise each team’s cognitive load and to limit noisy interactions, you may need to revisit your team structures. Team topologies offer you a handy framework to rethink what teams you need and how they interact.
Identify indicators for change
You won’t know if your changes make a difference, until you have indicators and metrics in place. Use the leading and lagging indicators in this method, as your sensible default.
Team values workshop
Identify your team values using a short, one hour workshop. By the end of this exercise, you’ll have a list of values and rough notes about what they mean to you.