The Async First Playbook Remote Collaboration Techniques for Agile Software Teams 1st Edition Moghe

Part I: Adapting To The New Normal

1. There’s Got to Be a Better Way to Work

Work Deserves a New Look

A Better Work Environment for All of Us

2. Foster a Mindset for Change

Four Simple Ideas

Go Far, Go Together

Ready for the First Steps

Part II: Prepare To Go Async-First

3. The Tools You Need

With Tools, Less Is More

Tools Are Everything; Tools Are Nothing

4. The Biggest Async-First Superpower

Writing Is a Practice; Documentation a Product

To Work Async-First, We Must Write

5. Three More Async-First Superpowers

What an Async-First Superhero Looks Like

Personal Productivity Leads to Team Productivity

6. Calm Things Down with Collaboration Protocols

Work Execution vs. Workflow

Fundamentals, Fundamentals, Fundamentals

Part III: The Practitioner’s Guide

7. Meetings as the Last Resort

Just. Too Many. Meetings.

Async-First, with Small Shifts

8. The Value of Being Face to Face

From URL to IRL

So Much for Meetings

9. Micro-Moves to Shift Left

Small Shifts, Easy Wins

Build Async-First Behavioral Cues

10. Write a Team Handbook

Distributed Teams Need a Single Source of Truth

Aim for a Shared Reality

11. Tame the “Instant” in Instant Messaging

Make Messaging Productive

Messaging: Just Not Instant

12. Standup Meetings: An Easy Shift Left

Distributed Standups Can Be Painful

Standups = Conveyance/Strong Relationships

13. Take Charge of Your Development Cycles

Sprint Ceremonies Can Hinder Async Work

The Key to Asynchrony Is a Strong Process

14. Run Meaningful Retrospectives

Infrequent Retros Lead to Poor Team Health

Scrum for the 2020s

15. Kickoffs and Desk Checks: Reduce Ritualized Interruptions

How to Maintain Quality with Fewer Meetings

Make Your Feedback Loops “Remote Native”

16. Questions to Reimagine Your Tech Huddles

The What and the Why

Not a Zero-Sum Game

17. Pair Programming: The Elephant in the Room

A Polarizing Topic

If It’s Fun for You, Pair by All Means

18. Audit Trails from the Flow of Your Work

The “Just Ask” Pattern Breaks Down

Trails as the Most Frequent Form of Documentation

19. Communicate Tech and Functional Design

An Agile Approach to Design

Simplify Communication Complexity

20. Two Stable Pieces of Handbook Documentation

Being Agile About Documentation

Good Documents Reduce Guesswork

21. Craft an Efficient Onboarding Process

Write Once, Run Many Times

Onboarding Efficiency = Team Efficiency

Part IV: Async-First Leadership

22. The Async Leadership Mindset

The Tyranny of “The Way”

Make Time for the Essential Stuff

23. Manage Your People with Care

Corrections in the Right Direction

Be the Bridge Between Your Team and Your Company’s Culture

24. Set Up Your Team for Success

Design for Success

Your Virtual Workplace Needs Configuring

25. Farm Tacit Knowledge in Your Company

Beyond Handbooks: Into Communities

From Team Knowledge to Company Knowledge

Part V: Navigate The Pitfalls

26. The Great Hybrid Kerfuffle

People’s Preferences Are Heading Remote

Choice and Autonomy Are the Key Words

27. The Async Island

Unpacking Organizational Inertia

While Being a Guerilla, Don’t Forget Advocacy

28. Toxicity in the Virtual Workplace

Toxicity Builds: One Benign Step at a Time

As a Leader, Stay Vigilant

Part VI: Bring It All Together

29. The Async-First Starter Kit

Five Stages of Sensible Defaults

A Team Shift, Owned by the Team

30. A Brave New World of Work