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Troubleshooting Agile

The Async-First Playbook

Mar 6, 2024
Explore transitioning to asynchronous agile work, optimizing team communication across time zones, challenges of virtual standups, and embracing asynchronous communication for distributed teams. Learn from author Sumeet Moghe on how async-first practices can enhance productivity and deep work in software development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Shift to async-first to avoid team burnout and enhance deep work.
  • Implement tools like JIRA and prioritize deep work for streamlined collaboration.

Deep dives

Problems with Synchronous Agile in Distributed Teams

In the podcast, Samit, the author of Async Agile, discusses the challenges of using synchronous agile practices with distributed teams. He highlights how focusing solely on synchronous practices can lead to team burnout, lack of deep work, and work-life balance issues. By sharing insights from his own experiences at ThoughtWorks, Samit advocates for incorporating more asynchronous practices to allow better flexibility and efficiency in distributed team collaboration.

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