Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders
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<>“Collaboration Explained is a deeply pragmatic book that helps agile practitioners understand and manage complex organizational and team dynamics. As an agile coach, I’ve found the combination of straightforward advice and colorful anecdotes to be invaluable in guiding and focusing interactions with my teams. Jean’s wealth of experience is conveyed in a carefully struck balance of reference guides and prose, facilitating just-in-time learning in the agile spirit. All in all, a superb resource for building stronger teams that’s fit for agile veterans and neophytes alike.” –Arlen Bankston, Lean Agile Practice Manager, CC Pace “If Agile is the new ‘what,’ then surely Collaboration is the new ‘how.’ There are many things I really like about Jean’s new book. Right at the top of the list is that I don’t have to make lists of ideas for collaboration and facilitation anymore. Jean has it all. Not only does she have those great ideas for meetings, retrospectives, and team decision-making that I need to remember, but the startling new and thought-provoking ideas are there too. And the stories, the stories, the stories! The best way to transfer wisdom. Thanks, Jean!” –Linda Rising, Independent Consultant The Hands-On Guide to Effective Collaboration in Agile Projects To succeed, an agile project demands outstanding collaboration among all its stakeholders. But great collaboration doesn’t happen by itself; it must be carefully planned and facilitated throughout the entire project lifecycle. Collaboration Explained is the first book to bring together proven, start-to-finishtechniques for ensuring effective collaboration in any agile software project. Since the early days of the agile movement, Jean Tabaka has been studying and promoting collaboration in agile environments. Drawing on her unsurpassed experience, she offers clear guidelines and easy-to-use collaboration templates for every significant project event: from iteration and release planning, through project chartering, all the way through post-project retrospectives. Tabaka’s hands-on techniques are applicable to every leading agile methodology, from Extreme Programming and Scrum to Crystal Clear. Above all, they are practical: grounded in a powerful understanding of the technical, business, and human challenges you face as a project manager or development team member. · Build collaborative software development cultures, leaders, and teams · Prepare yourself to collaborate–and prepare your team · Define clear roles for each participant in promoting collaboration · Set your collaborative agenda · Master tools for organizing collaboration more efficiently · Run effective collaborative meetings–including brainstorming sessions · Promote better small-group and pair-programming collaboration · Get better information, and use it to make better decisions · Use non-abusive conflict to drive positive outcomes · Collaborate to estimate projects and schedules more accurately · Strengthen collaboration across distributed, virtual teams · Extend collaboration from individual projects to the entire development organization © Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Ch. 1What is collaboration?3Ch. 2What are collaborative cultures?7Ch. 3Who are collaborative leaders?13Ch. 4What are collaborative teams?23Ch. 5Defining project collaboration events47Ch. 6Preparing yourself as the process owner71Ch. 7Preparing participants for collaboration85Ch. 8Setting the collaborative agenda97Ch. 9The organizing tools109Ch. 10Starting the collaborative meeting137Ch. 11Defining the steps147Ch. 12Gathering the information - brainstorming and listing155Ch. 13Dialogues, small groups, and expert input approaches167Ch. 14Team estimating approaches185Ch. 15Processing the information193Ch. 16Visioning, retrospection, and other approaches213Ch. 17Managing the meeting participants227Ch. 18Managing conflict253Ch. 19Guerilla collaboration263Ch. 20Closing the collaborative meeting269Ch. 21Collaboration practices for small teams279Ch. 22Collaboration practices for distributed teams285Ch. 23Collaboration for organizations297Ch. 24Generic project meetings305Ch. 25Crystal clear325Ch. 26Scrum341Ch. 27XP and industrial XP357
