Many other things have emerged. For example, meeting protocols and ways to improve our feedback process and how many people are struggling with OKRs and what we could do to make this process a little easier. And we found out that we didn`t have each other`s phone numbers, which was interesting. One day, all the Chadian communications came back, and he realized that he could not make anyone on the team known because he had no way of communicating with us. He didn`t know our phone numbers. Nothing that has happened before, but he just stressed that it would be a good thing to have. So I would say that even though the Happy Melly team was already a happy and functional remote machine team, well-oiled, we always found ways to align and improve by checking our assumptions together. And it really made me realize that, whether you`re starting with a new team on a new project or working together for a long time, developing a team agreement and compiling those assumptions can really help form the glue that connects your team. 3. Thematic agreements on different aspects of cooperation They can focus discussions on different topics in order to make the agreements more precise.
You can. B for example create different agreements for identification 1 values: Here is a step-by-step guide that can help you identify your team`s values and principles. Although values can be seen as the only starting point for a social contract, I would like to focus on the more practical and behavioural aspect of team agreements. This is the first of nine articles that address the processes required for any effective development team. Stay tuned for more details! The ICC workflow is just one way to create an agreement. The meaning is not in the method. It`s about talking through everyone`s assumptions and documenting the things the team agrees on. By defining and agreeing on the expected behaviours for all team members, we are able to reduce behavioral problems. Good practices promoted by the agreement eventually become habits that move the team forward, while bad habits are eliminated. For the Happy Melly team, the way we started was how we installed Zoom, the video conferencing tool, and with Zoom, an online note box in [inaudible – 01:59].
And all I did was put 4 grip notes on the board, one information, one called Communication, and one called Collaboration. And then I also have an extra sticky note on the tools alone, because I was curious about what tools people thought was important, what they were using or what had just happened.