Tag: Collaboration

Co-Location | Glossary

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Definition

Development Teams that are located and work in the same location are referred to as co-located. This is desired due to its ability to facilitate face-to-face collaboration, an important feature of Agile software development. It lies in start contrast to the distributed development team.

Co-location of the teams is beneficial and many see it as a necessary way to working in Agile. A team works together to solve its collective goals. Close collaboration acts as an effective conduit to solve problems efficiently.

Further Reading

  • “Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition” (book), by Lyssa Adkins.

Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams

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Overview:

This insightful book presents interviews with nearly 100 leading product managers from all over the world. Authors Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw draw on decades of experience in Product Design and Development to capture the approaches, styles, insights, and techniques of successful Product Managers. This book is an irreplaceable resource if you want to understand what drives good Product Leaders.

The Product Leadership book presents you all insightful tips and strategies in three parts, where you can explore:

  • Themes and patterns of successful teams and leaders, and how they attained those characteristics
  • Best approaches for guiding Product Team through the startup, emerging, and enterprise stages of a company’s evolution
  • Strategies and tactics useful to work with customers, agencies, partners, and external stakeholders

Authors:

Richard Banfield

Published In:

2017