Agile Book Club: Chartering (with Diana Larsen)

Teams need to know the purpose of their work, the context in which itโ€™s done, and how theyโ€™ll align their work styles. A great way to do so is chartering, and we were fortunate to have Diana Larsen join us for a lively discussion in this weekโ€™s book club session.

Diana is the co-author (with Ainsley Nies) of Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams, Second Edition, an excellent book about chartering Agile teams and the inspiration for the practices in The Art of Agile Development.

Reading:
๐Ÿ“– Purpose
๐Ÿ“– Context
๐Ÿ“– Alignment

๐ŸŽ™ Discussion prompts:

  • Which aspects of chartering are particularly important to you or your teams?

  • Share a story about how purpose, or lack thereof, made a difference to a team you know.

  • Have you seen teams surprised by their context (that is, their boundaries and interactions, resources, and so forth)? What happened, and how did it work out?

  • What techniques have you used to create alignment on your teams?

About the Book Club

From October 2021 to August 2022, I hosted a call-in talk show based on the second edition of The Art of Agile Development. The series used the book as a jumping-off point for wide-ranging discussions about Agile ideas and practices, and had a star-studded guest list.

For an archive of past sessions, visit the book club index. For more about the book, visit the Art of Agile Development home page.

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