Making Software Development Teams Hum with Ron Lichty

Is your team running so smoothly that it hums? In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Ron Lichty, discuss what makes high-performance teams versus what makes low-performance teams. Most teams already know which category they fall into, but the solution to a low-performing team isn’t always clear. Drawing on 20 years of Agile experience, Ron narrows down the three root causes of low-performing teams as well as solutions that managers can implement to improve them. 

Show Notes

• Learning what makes software development teams hum (1:40)
• What prevents a team from humming (3:31)
• Building effective stand-ups (10:32)
• Do < Accomplish (15:43)
• The high value of predictability (19:28)
• Implement the “fist-to-five” to your stand-up (23:50)
• How to observe psychological safety (29:28)
• Misunderstanding so-called “introverts” (31:31)
• Planning is every team member’s job (36:58)
• Providing value for stakeholders is an infinite game, not a finite one (38:44)

Links:

• Finite and Infinite Games, James P. Carse
• Managing the Unmanageable, 2nd Edition, Ron Lichty
• https://ronlichty.com/
• http://managingtheunmanageable.net/