Show Your Intent

Working agreements are about putting a stake in the ground as a team and saying, “This is how we as a team like to work.” It’s a way of setting expectations with everyone on the team about how your team is going to work and what’s going to be expected of people if they join you on this ride.

Shared values are the same, only more touchy-feely. If the team has been burned in the past because they were forced to compromise on quality and no longer want to be known as that team that cuts corners and writes crappy software, they can post their shared values and make that known.

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The other thing you want to be sure you share on your ...

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