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Why engaged teams are not always the best performers?

Abhishek Tiwari

Traditional engagement metrics such as satisfaction, happiness, well-being let alone cannot explain behaviours, actions and motivation of a high-performance team. Given the similar type of environments, two teams with the same level of engagement may have different levels of performance - one can be high-performing another average performing.

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. Pairing and mobbing enhance the self-discipline on your team. Instead, use coaching and discipline-enhancing practices such as pairing or mobbing. To add tests to legacy code.

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AoAD2 Practice: Continuous Integration

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Teams using continuous integration keep everyone’s code working together and ready to release.

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No Fighting In This (Agile) Dojo with M. David Green

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

How can we train teams to consistently produce quality code without negatively impacting productivity? David Green, discuss Agile Dojos and how they can make teams more effective. Dojos provide a six-week training ground where teams focus on recognizing and replicating value by pairing, mobbing, and swarming. Episode 46.

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Don't Measure Unit Test Code Coverage

James Shore

If you're using test-driven development, don't measure unit test code coverage. To improve code and test practices. Pairing and mobbing enhance the self-discipline on your team. Instead, use coaching and discipline-enhancing practices such as pairing or mobbing. To add tests to legacy code.

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AoAD2 Practice: Whole Team

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Whole Team. The Hole Team. Modern software development takes a lot of skills.

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Kick start your Agile Transformation Journey (and be a Digital Disruptor)

Capgemini

Tomorrow’s leaders are already starting to transform towards new delivery models that will enable them to develop more exploratory and adaptive strategies. Coaching can be an effective tool here, but bringing on board new talent is also useful, especially top and middle managers. How adaptive are you?

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