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7 Things:
How to make
good Teams
great?
me
That‘s



     Sven Peters
         Atlassian Ambassador



     speters@atlassian.com
            @svenpet



     svenpet.com
How to make
SoftwareTeams great?
How to make
Agile Teams great?
How to make
good Teams great?
Beware!




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Australian,
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Programmers Heaven

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happiness
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public
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everybody
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approval
„
Feel free to recognise someone for
something awesome they've done (no
approval required!) To recognise a
colleague, please click here.
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Awesomeness Points:
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is painful
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Reality Check:

   Feasibility Points:


Awesomeness Points:
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about the
current
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for a day
technical  writer
technical  writer




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fearless  tester
Clean Up Day
Get stuff
out of
the door
Reality Check:

   Feasibility Points:


Awesomeness Points:
Experimentation
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two things are needed:
a plan
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 planned Time
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Reality Check:

   Feasibility Points:


Awesomeness Points:
1   It‘s Flowtime

2   Feed your Brain

3   Say: “Well done“

4   Report Robot

5   Eat your own Dogfood

6   Do a Special Day

7   Innovation Time
Try
Fail!
but don‘t be
  stupid!
Measure!
One Step




           at a time
be
     Different
We‘re hiring
         a lot
Thanks!




          svenpet.com/slides
                   @svenpet

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