đź’ˇ Respect is often simplified to just regular polite respectful interactions we expect from everyone at work. But it goes further than that. Respect is also about considering how our actions and decisions may impact others: our team, our stakeholders, our customers, and the organization as a whole.
âś… Encouraged behaviors #
- Listening to the Product Owner’s decisions about what’s more important.
- Putting trust in team’s ability to manage their own work and deliver high-quality products.
- Respecting team’s decisions even if disagreeing.
- Considering every opinion, regardless of who it comes from, a manager or a junior team member.
- Preparing for meetings to keep them within the timeboxes (respecting everyone’s time).
- Following the rules of Scrum (respecting the framework).
- Fixing issues in our product that may impact our users.
❌ Discouraged behavior #
- Namecalling and personal attacks.
- Changing priorities behind Product Owner’s back.
- Pretending to agree with the team only to work in your own corner.
- Mocking opinions and ideas of others or openly showing disinterest in them.
- Micro-managing the team.
- Wasting people’s time in meetings with long rants, questions that should have been answered outside of the meeting, unpreparedness, etc.
