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Top 5 Stress Free Productivity Tips with Agile Values for Remote Working Teams during Covid-19

Today’s video is about Top 5 tips on using Agile Values to increase productivity of remote working teams and yet remain stress free during this current crisis of ongoing pandemic covid-19



Tip No1:
Individuals and interactions over process and tools

According to this first agile Value, people are more important than process and tools. So, start your work day with a virtual Team meeting, to make them understand the need of the hour as per business and project requirements to set expectations; Do actively listen to your Team, be it in answer their questions, progress, impediments/blockers. When you and your team on same page, and team knows their scope of work and what exactly has to be delivered there are high chances that they remain productive and you remain stress-free.

Tip No2:
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Agile 2nd value says that…., Working Software is more important than documentation…so make sure your teams showcase or demo, slices of their work in short intervals of time, be it a week or two… this could be as small as UI visual, wire-frame, part of functional requirement, an end to end test cases or some kind script for integration …depending on the work breakdown structure of your project and the domain that you work in…. This way, as a lead or manager you know how much progress is being made and how the end product or deliverable is shaping up without having to wait till the end , this again will not only reduce your stress but also will help you to share the exact authentic progress with your stockholders be it a client or sr. management….

Tip No3:
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation



Agile’s 3rd value is about Customer Collaboration; this is time to establish a very open communication channel with customers either formally or informally. diligently discuss with them on tailoring their requirements as per current market needs to help them to sustain and grow; proactively update them on the progress, new challenges and potential changes in the delivery dates…Once in a while do call them for your internal Team Demo Meetings, which gives them a sense of trust and transparency and also team can get instant feedback to avoid rework and big surprises In the later stages. a Happy customer is a loyal repeat customer, which helps you not only to be remain stress-free but also to be in the good books of your Sr. Management and Leadership Team.

Tip No4:
Responding to Change over Following Plan


Agile’s 4th value is on Responding to change over following a plan, generally most of us or our companies would have planned for their next set projects as per companies vision and laid road map for the upcoming years…, But this is the time to revisit those plans , apply some Design thinking and see how they can be customized to tap new markets as per the present market scenario either by offering innovative products, solutions or services and. This is the time to invest in re-skills and up-skilling not only yourself but also your teams to become future ready…this may not give you instant results but it long it will help you to grow professionally ….as your team will ready to help you in building a proof of concept or pilot a new project in niche areas like 5G, RPA, AI, Big Data, Cloud Computing when the need arises.

Tip No5:
Agile Mindset

Last but not least, the most and important tip is to have Agile Minset, be open minded and flexible enough to prioritize, start small , and fail early. Have a short iteration cycles, inspect on what’s working and what’s not working and adapt to changes and continuously improve everything that matters most on your projects or passionate endeavors. And don’t forget to take your teams along with you in this process, appreciate them for their contribution, empower them encourage them. As your teams remain highly productive and efficient , it will directly reflect in the customer satisfaction and business value which will obviously also help you remain stress free,
much more productive and successful


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