Teamwork is tough, and it’s not getting easier. As more teams switch to remote or hybrid work models, building and maintaining a sense of connection and shared purpose among team members is becoming increasingly challenging. If we're going to get our teams healthy, we need to hit the teamwork gym! Learn how to build a healthy team! We'll develop a shared understanding of responsibilities, team goals, how you work together, and our relationship with other teams. With just four simple exercises, you can bring your team in shape to become more productive and innovative. So let's pump...you up!

1. SVEN PETERS | TEAM ADVOCATE | @SVENPET
Shape up your team
Build a shared understanding

2. atlassian.com/blog/state-of-teams-2022

3. Team Health
2022 82%
Partially healthy
5%
Unhealthy
13%
Healthy

4. Is your team in shape?
24 % Alignment
100 % Cohesion
67 % Psycholochical Safety

5. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team Health Monitor

6. Diagnoseyourteam

7. Team cohesion
Balanced team
Encourage differnces
Shared understanding
Value and metrics
Suitable ways of working
Engagement and support
Continuous improvement

8. Team cohesion
Balanced team
Encourage differnces
Shared understanding
Value and metrics
Suitable ways of working
Engagement and support
Continuous improvement
8
Checkpoints for better
Team Health

9. Balanced team

10. Shared understanding

18. Team cohesion
Balanced team
Encourage differnces
Shared understanding
Value and metrics
Suitable ways of working
Engagement and support
Continuous improvement
#1
Problem?

19. Shared understanding

20. Shared understanding

21. Shared understanding

25. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams
Team poster

26. What’s your mission?
👋 Architect a backend platform that is easy to build on
and scales with Trello and Atlassian over the next 3 years.

27. Who are you?
Software
Engineer
Development
Manager
Engineering
Architect
Product
Manager
Software
Developer

28. A Confluence page
👋 Architect a backend platform that is easy to build on and scales
with Trello and Atlassian over the next 3 years.

29. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster
Goals & projects
Team members
What problem is the team solving?
Who are the customers?
How will we measure success?
What solutions do we offer?
What’s included…
Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams
👋 Architect a backend platform that is easy to build on and scale
with Trello and Atlassian over the next 3 years.

31. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams

34. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams
Roles & responsibilities

35. 1. Identify Roles
👩🎨
Designer
🧑💼
Product Manager
👩💻
Developer

36. 2. Responsibilities (what you think)
👩🎨
Designer
🧑💼
Product Manager
👩💻
Developer
Design UI Prototypes
Measure
User Research Pritoritize
Marketing link Fix bugs
Develop
Testing

37. 3. Responsibilities (what the team thinks)
👩🎨
Designer
🧑💼
Product Manager
👩💻
Developer
Design UI Prototypes
Measure
User Research Pritoritize
Marketing link Fix bugs
Develop
Testing
User Research Roadmap Measure

38. 4. Agree and Disagree
👩🎨
Designer
🧑💼
Product Manager
👩💻
Developer
Design UI Prototypes Pritoritize
Marketing link Fix bugs
Develop
Testing
Roadmap
Measure
User Research
User Research Measure

39. 4. Agree and Disagree
👩🎨
Designer
🧑💼
Product Manager
👩💻
Developer
Design UI Prototypes
Measure
User Research Pritoritize
Marketing link Fix bugs
Develop
Testing
User Research Roadmap Measure

41. Identify roles on the team
Determine what others think
Share what you think
Identify gaps in role understanding
Identify unassigned responsibilities
What’s included…
Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams

42. Tracking a section
throughout with
Roles & responsibilities
Team poster Working agreements Network of teams

47. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams
Working agreements

48. Tracking a section
throughout with
Working agreements
Team poster Roles & responsibilities Network of teams

49. Team preferences
Communication channels
Meetings/rituals
Escalation process
Continuous improvement
What’s included…
Tracking a section
throughout with
Working agreements
Team poster Roles & responsibilities Network of teams

50. What
communication
channels do you
use?
When do you
use which
channel?
What are
important
communication
rules?

51. When do you
use which
channel?
What are
important
communication
rules?

52. What are
important
communication
rules?
Customer communication
Internal communication
Concepts, ideas, planning with internal teams
External documents
First concepts
Mockups

53. Customer communication
Internal communication
Concepts, ideas, planning with internal teams
External documents
First concepts
Mockups
Failures are systematic - no
fi
nger pointing
Respect privacy of team personal information
Building relationships based on trust, mutual
respect, and genuine connection
Seek to understand
fi
rst, then provide
feedback.

54. Tracking a section
throughout with
Working agreements
Team poster Roles & responsibilities Network of teams

55. Design
Operation
Feature A
Feature B
Testing
Autonomous teams
highly aligned

56. Autonomous teams
highly aligned

57. Tracking a section
throughout with
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities Network of teams
Network of teams

58. Your
Team

59. Your
Team
Identify teams
you work with
PMM by
Markey
Team
Anywhere
Brand
Team
Data
Insights
University
PR + Coms
Confluence
Trello
Community
CSI GTM
Compass
Product
Atlas
Product
JPD Product

60. Your
Team
Classify teams
by type and
critically
PMM by
Markey
Team
Anywhere
Brand
Team
Data
Insights
University
PR + Coms
Confluence
Trello
Community
CSI GTM
Compass
Product
Atlas
Product
JPD Product

61. Your
Team
Determine top
five critical
teams
PMM by
Markey
Team
Anywhere
Brand
Team
Data
Insights
University
PR + Coms
Confluence
Trello
Community
CSI GTM
Compass
Product
Atlas
Product
JPD Product

62. Your
Team
Assign
realtionship
owners
PMM by
Markey
Team
Anywhere
Brand
Team
Data
Insights
University
PR + Coms
Confluence
Trello
Community
CSI GTM
Compass
Product
Atlas
Product
JPD Product

63. Your
Team
Asses the
strength of the
relationship
PMM by
Markey
Team
Anywhere
Brand
Team
Data
Insights
University
PR + Coms
Confluence
Trello
Community
CSI GTM
Compass
Product
Atlas
Product
JPD Product

65. Tracking a section
throughout with
Network of teams
Team poster Working agreements
Roles & responsibilities

66. Shared understanding

67. Team cohesion
Balanced team
Encourage differnces
Shared understanding
Value and metrics
Suitable ways of working
Engagement and support
Continuous improvement

68. Team Playbook
atlassian.com/team-playbook

69. You’re not a coach?
I’m not a cook!

71. Overview

72. Ingredients

73. Pre-cooked

74. Preparation

77. Atlassian University
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78. SVEN PETERS | TEAM ADVOCATE | @SVENPET
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