The Async-First Playbook: Remote Collaboration Techniques for Agile Software Teams

Reimagining Agile for Distributed and Remote Teams

Distributed  work is now inevitable, but conventional agile approaches are too  "synchronous" for today's remote teams. Meetings, ceremonies, and  rituals can become unsustainable when teams are scattered across the  globe. The result: burnout, constant interruptions, a lack of deep work,  poor work-life balance, greater frustration, and workplaces with poor  diversity.

In The Async-First Playbook,  Thoughtworks Principal Product Manager Sumeet Gayathri Moghe provides  tools and techniques to embed remote-native, asynchronous practices into  traditional agile methods, making remote work more efficient,  inclusive, thoughtful, and fun.

Drawing on extensive  experience leading distributed teams, Moghe addresses the "nuts and  bolts" of specific practices and the crucial "softer" elements such as  culture, mindset, and leadership. Short, practical chapters show how to  adapt traditional agile techniques such as sprints and pair programming  for the realities of today's distributed environments. Whatever your  project, you'll learn how to create asynchronous environments that  promote success, improve the workplace experience, and deliver better  results.

• Discover why asynchronous collaboration is crucial to your project's success
• Learn the tools, skills, and protocols you need to get right in order to go "async-first"
• Map current agile techniques to async-first versions that better reflect today's realities
• Become a more supportive and effective leader of async-first teams
• Anticipate, navigate, and mitigate the pitfalls of async-first distributed work
• Bring it all together--walk through your async-first transition