Looking to get more out of the training? Here are six ways to deepen and apply your learning:
- Review the notes you took during class.
- Connect with people from class and swap experiences.
- Share ideas with people who weren’t in class.
- Experiment with concepts from class in your daily work.
- Read or watch the articles, books, and videos listed here to learn more.
- Contact us with any questions.
–Allison Pollard, Jake Calabrese, and Paul Tevis
1. Why Agile?
- Cynefin YouTube [Video] by Dave Snowden
- Continuous Delivery [Book] by Jez Humble and David Farley
- The Lean Startup [Book] by Eric Ries
- The Principles of Product Development Flow [Book] by Donald Reinertsen
2. What are Agile & Lean?
- AgileSafari Cartoons [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Leading Lean Software Development [Book] by Tom Poppendieck
- The Lean Mindset [Book] by Mary and Tom Poppendieck
- Lean Enterprise [Book] by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O’Reilly
3. Scrum
- The Scrum Guide [Website] by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland
- Essential Scrum [Book] by Ken Rubin
- Agile Retrospective Resources [Website] Resources, Articles, Books, and Retrospective ideas
4. Product Backlog & Refinement
- Agile Estimating and Planning [Book] by Mike Cohen
- INVEST [Article] by Bill Wake
- Specification by Example [Book] by Gojko Adzic
5. Kanban
- What is Kanban (看板)? (Part 1) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Kanban Principles for Success (Part 2) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- A Short History of Kanban (and Lean) (Part 3) [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- The Toyota Way [Book] by Jeffrey Liker
6. Visualizing & Improving Flow
- The Goal [Book] by Eli Goldratt (the audio version is great)
- 5 Focusing Steps [Website] Goldratt Research Labs
7. Leading People and Teams
- The Art of Possibility [Book] by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World [Book] by David Epstein
- Growth Mindset
- “What Having a Growth Mindset Actually Means” [Article] by Carol Dweck
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success [Book] by Carol Dweck
- Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck [Video] by Carol Dweck
- The Power of Believing That You Can Improve. [Video] by Carol Dweck
- Telling is not Leading or Coaching [Article] by Jake Calabrese
- Psychological Safety
- Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace [Video] by Amy Edmondson
- Psychological Safety [Book] by Dan Radecki and Leonie Hull
- S.A.F.E.T.Y and the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership [Website]: We are certified by the Academy of Brain-Based Leadership to conduct S.A.F.E.T.Y Assessments and Team Safety Profiles. Contact Us to discuss options for helping teams engage with each other to improve how they work together using these tools.
- Project Aristotle (Google Study on Psychological Safety) [Website] from Google
- Foster psychological safety [Website] from Google’s re:Work Tools
- What’s Not Being Said – The Elephant in The Room [Article] by Jake Calabrese