Minimize Your Circus Factor - Building Resilient Teams

Explore strategies for building resilient teams in this RubyConf 2021 talk by Mercedes Bernard. Learn how to minimize the "circus factor" and implement low-friction changes that empower team members to unplug or pursue new opportunities with minimal stress. Discover techniques for improving delivery, people, and process resilience, including automated tests, effective documentation, and transparent decision-making. Gain insights on building team credibility, enhancing stakeholder trust, and implementing practical tools like detailed standup updates and shared credentials. Prepare your team for success in the face of shifting priorities and unexpected changes, ensuring continued productivity even when team members take extended time off or pursue new roles.

Minimize Your Circus Factor Building resilient teams
700,000
Care for humans, not companies
How do you "measure" it?
Shifting priorities
Recognition
Support delivery Support people Support process
Improving delivery resilience What we do
Improving people resilience Who we do it with
Improving process resilience How we do it
Automated tests
Commit messages & PR descriptions
Documentation
Decision-making and trade-offs
Show your process
Building team credibility and stakeholder trust
Detailed standup updates
Public calendar
Shared credentials and config
Shared documents and communication
Keep admin tools up to date
Administrative ride-alongs
Transition plan
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