Being agile is about the behaviors behind the Agile Mindset.
Learn the behaviors from an Agile Coach with specific tips for Scrum Masters and managers of agile teams. Each chapter includes AI prompts designed to build ChatGPT habits for deeper learning.
In 24 topics, learn why these behaviors are crucial through familiar concepts from the Agile Manifesto, Lean, XP, Design Thinking, DevOps, and Systems Thinking.
Discover the maturity level of your behaviors and decide which topics you’d like to improve. Each topic includes recommended books, articles, and videos.
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What follows are close to 200 recommendations in the form of books, videos, and other content from the web. Many of these have been mentioned throughout the guidebook in the course of describing the behaviors that make teams agile. Some are not mentioned directly but are absolutely something that would be shared with a team when learning the given topic.
These are the things that an Agile Coach might mention to a team while they are learning the various parts of the Agile Mindset. As you read the Practical Agilist Guidebook, it is highly recommended that you explore these links as well.
Preface and Introduction
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Topic 1: Team’s Durability and Purpose
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Topic 2: Collaboration and Independent Decisions
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Topic 3: Psychological Safety – Internal
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Topic 4: Psychological Safety – External
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Topic 5: Team Happiness Working Well Together
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Topic 6: A Culture of Learning and A Growth Mindset
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Topic 7: The Team’s Autonomy and Process Ownership
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Topic 8: Does the Team Visualize Their Work
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Topic 9: Estimation, Shared Understanding, and Metrics
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Topic 10: Embracing an Iterative Mindset
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Topic 11: Using Metrics To Manage Process and Flow
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Topic 12: A Culture of Continuous Improvement and Experimentation
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Topic 13: Knowing the Customer and Customer-Centricity
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Topic 14: Customer Feedback Loops
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Topic 15: Stakeholders and Other Internal Feedback Loops
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Topic 16: Being Value-Driven and Connecting Vision to Strategy
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Topic 17: Prioritization, Product Collaboration, and Reducing Complexity
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Topic 18: Aligned to Strategy and Making Progress
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Topic 19: Repeatable Process and Delivering Frequently
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Topic 20: Deployment Process and Mean Time to Recovery
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Topic 21: Quality Practices Embedded in Work
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Topic 22: Using CI/CD Pipelines to Promote Work through Environments
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Topic 23: Version Control and Releases, Governance, and Automation
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Topic 24: Team Learning and Skill Sharing
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