This document discusses what makes teams successful. It argues that high-performing teams have strong structure, a shared mindset, supportive context, and compelling direction. It provides examples of how to establish these elements, such as using OKRs to set goals, sharing decisions and information transparently, building team knowledge through code reviews and feature rotations, and measuring team health with checkpoints. The overall message is that empowering teams to improve themselves is key to success.

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AWESOME
TEAMS
SVEN PETERS • EVANGELIST • ATLASSIAN • @SVENPET
The Secret Sauce of
Successful Teams

2. SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

9. WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE?

10. TEAM A TEAM B
WHAT MAKES A TEAM HIGH PERFORMANCE?

11. TEAM A TEAM B
?
!!
WHAT MAKES A TEAM HIGH PERFORMANCE?

12. *%?
TEAM A TEAM B
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!%*
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!*#
WHAT MAKES A TEAM HIGH PERFORMANCE?

13. SPEAK LISTEN
WHAT MAKES A TEAM HIGH PERFORMANCE?

14. PSYCHOLOGICAL
SAFETY

15. PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
SAFETY

16. PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
MINDSET
SAFETY

17. PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
MINDSET
SUPPORT
SAFETY

18. PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
MINDSET
SUPPORT DIRECTION
SAFETY

20. STRONG STRUCTURE
SHARED MINDSET
SUPPORTIVE CONTEXT
COMPELLING DIRECTION

21. COMPELLING DIRECTIONHOW TO GIVE GREATTEAMS GUIDANCE

24. INCREASE REVENUE
LOWER COSTS
LESS DOWNTIME
PROJECTX HAS TO BE FINISHED
REFACTOR TO MICROSERVICES
AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENTS
PROJECTYIS THE MOSTIMPORTANTONE

25. NORTH STAR

26. VISION
2 YEAR PLAN

27. VISION
2 YEAR PLAN
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
THEMES

28. VISION
2 YEAR PLAN
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
THEMES
FOCUS AREAS HOW DO WE GETTHERE?

29. VISION
2 YEAR PLAN
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
THEMES
FOCUS AREAS
MEASURE
HOW SUCESS LOOKS LIKE
HOW DO WE GETTHERE?

30. VISION
THEMES
FOCUS
MEASURE
VT…WHAT?

32. THATSOUNDS VERYFLUFFY
SHOW US THE REALWORLD

33. OKR
OBJECTIVE
KEYRESULTS

34. OBJECTIVE KEYRESULT
BUILD MOBILE APP 1000 DAILY USER
SCORE
700 DAILYUSER
0.7

35. STRETCH QUARTERLY LESS IS MORE
OKR

36. MAKE GOALS
TRANSPARENT
FOR EVERYONE

37. THINGS MAYLOOK GOOD ON PAPER…

38. CREATIVITYINC.

39. PRODUCT BRAIN TRUST
EXPERIENCE FRESHALIGN
FEATURING LEADERS AND OUR FOUNDERS

40. PRODUCT BRAIN TRUST
FEATURING LEADERS AND OUR FOUNDERS
JUSTDIRECTION - YOU OWN THE DECISIONS

41. STRONG STRUCTUREHOW TO ASSEMBLE A GREATTEAM

42. DESIGN
PROGRAMMING TESTING
PRODUCT
OPERATIONS

43. TONE
DIRECTOR
CAMERA
ACTORS
LIGHT

44. CROSS FUNCTIONALTEAMS

45. CROSS FUNCTIONALTEAMS

46. CROSS FUNCTIONALTEAMS

47. CROSS FUNCTIONALTEAMS
INFORMATION FLOWS
FASTER DECISIONS
DIVERSITYOF THOUGHT
UNDERSTANDING

48. MAKE YOUR TEAM A SAFE PLACE
SPEAK LISTEN RESPECT

49. f%$*ed

50. RITUALS AND REFRESHMENTS

51. FIKA

52. CONFERNCEVIDEOFRIDAYS

53. GSD*DAYS
*GETTINGSH%TDONE

54. INNOVATIONWEEK

55. A TEAM IS MADE OUTOF INDIVIDUALS
HIGH FIVE

56. SAY“GREATJOB”
GIVE KUDOS

57. SAY“GREATJOB”
GIVE KUDOS

58. OFFICECLAPPING

59. SUPPORTIVE CONTEXTHOW TO HELP GREATTEAMS TO GETSH*TDONE

60. DECISIONS

61. DECISIONS
INFORMATION

62. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1s

63. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS

64. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS

65. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS
MEETINGS

66. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS
MEETINGS
RANDOM
DISCUSSION

67. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS
MEETINGS
RANDOM
DISCUSSION
WORD OF MOUTH

68. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS
MEETINGS
RANDOM
DISCUSSION
WORD OF MOUTH
EXCELSHEETS

69. DECISIONS
INFORMATION
1:1sEMAILS
DOCUMENTS
MEETINGS
RANDOM
DISCUSSION
WORD OF MOUTH
EXCELSHEETS
INTRANET

70. INTRANET

71. YOUR TEAM SPACE
COMPANYINFORMATION
PERSONALPAGES

72. OTHER TEAM GOALS
DECISIONS
OTHER PROJECTS
STRATEGIES

73. OPEN BYDEFAULT

74. WRITE DOWN
YOUR DECISIONS

75. PROVIDE DATA
AND CONTEXT

76. ANSWER
QUESTIONS

77. ALLOW
CORRECTIONS

78. OR ITDIDN’THAPPEN
SHAREIT

79. OR ITDIDN’THAPPEN
EAC IT

81. OPEN COMPANY, NO BULLSHIT

83. Passionate discussion

84. STOP ENDLESS DISCUSSIONS
TAKE IT OFFLINE

85. PLAY, AS A TEAM

86. INFORMATION
EASYACCESS
HELP

87. WANTTO
OPEN SOURCE?

88. SSH ACCESS?

89. NEED A BIKE?
WHILE YOU’RE IN AMSTERDAM

90. MAKE SERVICE DISCOVERABLE

91. WAITING FOR OTHERS?

92. DO ITYOURSELF

93. LEGALCONTRACT
REVIEW? DO ITYOURSELF

97. NEED QA FOR TESTING
YOUR SOFTWARE? DO ITYOURSELF

98. TESTAUTOMATION
DEVELOPER

99. TESTAUTOMATION MANUALTESTING
DEVELOPER QA ENGINEER
FAIL FIX

100. TESTAUTOMATION MANUALTESTING
DEVELOPER QA ENGINEER
FAIL
TELL
FIX

101. FAIL

102. DEVELOPER
CODE
TEST
+

103. QA
KICK OFF
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPER + QA
CODE
TEST
+

104. QA
KICK OFF
DEMO
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPER + QA
DEVELOPER + QA
CODE
TEST
+

105. DO ITYOURSELFASKING F R HELP
MAKE
EASY

106. SHARED MINDSETHOW TO GETTHETEAM THINKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION

107. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
BUG FIX

108. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
BUG FIX

109. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
BUG FIX

110. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
BUG FIX ROTATION

111. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
FEATURE X FEATURE Y

112. DEVELOPING FEATURES IS A PROCESS
LOTS OF SMALLDECISIONS
GETA BUDDY

113. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
FEATURE X FEATURE Y
BUDDY BUDDY

114. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
FEATURE BUDDY

115. CANARYSESSIONS
TESTING IDEAS WITH THE TEAM

116. BUILDING TEAM KNOWLEDGE
TEAM DISCUSSIONS

117. SHARE DESIGN IDEAS

118. …AND COLLECTFEEDBACK

119. DOING THINGS RIGHT BUILD PROCESSES

120. DOING THE RIGHTTHINGS BUILD ADAPTABILITY
?
!

121. TEAM
YOUR
WAY

122. BUILD
IMPROVE
ENVISION
SOME GUIDANCE
TEAM
YOUR
WAY

123. THE PLAYBOOK
ENVISION IT
MAKEIT
IMPROVEIT
40+ PLAYS TO GUIDE PROJECTTEAMS

125. OVERVIEW

128. CONCEPTTESTINGENVISION IT
PAPER PROTOTYPE USER STICKER

129. CONCEPTTESTING

130. THE PLAYS

131. THE PLAYS
THE PLAYBOOK
ENVISION IT
MAKEIT
IMPROVEIT
40+ PLAYS TO GUIDE PROJECTTEAMS

132. SHARED MINDSET
SUPPORTIVE CONTEXT
COMPELLING DIRECTION
STRONG STRUCTURE

133. HOW AWESOME IS YOUR TEAM?

134. HOW AWESOME IS YOUR TEAM?
CAN YOU MEASURE IT?
HEALTHY

135. 8 CHECK POINTS FOR BETTER TEAM HEALTH
1 FULLTIME OWNER
BALANCED TEAM
SHARED UNDERSTANDING
VALUE AND METRICS
END-TO-END DEMO
README
DEPENDENCIES
VELOCITY

136. Full-time owner
Balanced team
Shared
Value and metrics
End-to-end demo
Readme
Dependencies
Velocity
CHECKPOINTS 1 2 3 4 5
TRACKINGHEALTH…MEASURINGATCHECKPOINTS

137. www.atlassian.com/healthmonitor
HEALTH MONITOR
IMPROVEYOURTEAM

138. SO HEALTH SHOWS WHATNOW?
IMPROVEYOURTEAM

139. IMPROVEYOURTEAM
THINK & ACTLIKE A FOUNDER
EMPOWER TEAMS TO

140. IMPROVEYOURTEAM
BETHE CHANGE YOU SEEK

141. IMPROVEYOURTEAM
THE
A-TEAM
THE MINION
TEAM
THE MUPPET
TEAM

142. IMPROVEYOURTEAM
THE
A-TEAM
THE MINION
TEAM
THE MUPPET
TEAM
DECIDE IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT

144. SINGLE CORE = PHYSICALLIMITS

145. MULTI CORE = COMMUNICATION REQUIRED

146. TEAM UP!
TO BE AWESOME

147. TEAM UP!
TO BE AWESOME
THANKS
@svenpet