{"id":2659,"date":"2022-10-26T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stillmantranslations.com\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T16:07:20","slug":"how-to-be-agile-and-a-team-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillmantranslations.com\/fr\/how-to-be-agile-and-a-team-player\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be agile and a team player?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to keep agile when agile is cross-company and cross-discipline<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBetter done than perfect\u201d cut the ribbon into a decade. When things get done more quickly, they can be tested and adjusted according to real time feedback. You don\u2019t fail big, you learn and optimize.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the motivation to Agile<\/strong>. But now it\u2019s about more than testing digital products. It\u2019s a way of work. Incompany, and why not, when you\u2019re working with external teams and other stakeholders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it possible to be agile and pay attention to so many variables at the same time? Our interpreters, translators and PM\u2019s <\/strong>do it all the time. Here are some thoughts on how it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agile teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An agile team<\/a> is a cross-functional group of people<\/strong> that are organized to work collaboratively in order to deliver a product increment. Agile teams are more adaptable than traditional project groups, work in stages, and do a limited amount of concrete tasks at a time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not that people are more organized now. But we\u2019ve come to notice that when you take it all in in little bites, you don\u2019t choke, and it doesn\u2019t really take longer. So guided by the principles of self-organization and cross-functional work<\/strong>, agile teams took over the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face-to-face communication is usually encouraged. But that\u2019s not the world we live in. Does this mean that inevitably something is lost? No. You can still be as effective. Distributed teams happen all the time, we just need to adapt our routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to share a space when there is no common space<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The concept of agility<\/strong> is independent from physical workspaces. The core matter is to foster cohesion between decentralized teams<\/strong> by providing the appropriate resources, tools and communication.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital resources and applications can fill the gap the office used to have. You can \u2018huddle\u2019 on Slack, meet via Zoom, share folders in Notion and so on. As long as everything is organized, open and available, there shouldn\u2019t be a problem. And balance here is important: too many tools can make a mess, and lack of them can lead to miscommunication and make the team prone to make more mistakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, tools are only tools. And they are used by people. So leadership, teamwork and consistent team communication<\/strong> is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do I know it’s going well?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a difference between getting the job done quickly and getting it done right. Agile remote teams can do both.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effective collaboration is achieved when: <\/p>\n\n\n\n