Presented at the Lean UX 2014 conference April 10, 2014 The video of this talk is available at https://vimeo.com/105547492

1. THE BALANCED TEAM MOVEMENT
Lane Halley
#LeanUX14

2. @thinknow
GOT IDEAS?

3. @thinknow
“...this year’s conference doesn’t just
focus on Lean Startup or some other
method or ideology...how can people
best work together, learn from each
other, and develop a sense of empathy
so that we can be more resilient and
better adapt to these uncertain times?”
@semanticwill

4. @thinknow
How do we make
these ideas real?
@thinknow flickr.com/photos/airdiogo/4640440092/

5. @thinknow
Practitioner-focused
Learning community
Open information sharing

6. @thinknow
Conferences
Social events
Resources
Mailing List
balanced
www.balancedteam.org

7. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a community of
technical professionals exploring
the potential of cross-functional,
collaborative work

8. @thinknow
@balancedteam
photo: @uxgrumpSan Francisco 2013

9. @thinknow
Create trust
Share experiments
Celebrate failure
Welcome diverse voices

10. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a conversation

11. @thinknow
2009 Agile Evolution
Chicago

12. @thinknow
What is the
relationship
between UX and
the Agile team?
photo: @uxgrump@thinknow

13. @thinknow
San Francisco
Grand Rapids
New York
2010 Agile UX Retreats

14. @thinknow
No more
“us and them”
thinking
@johannakoll

15. @thinknow
User Experience is not a role, it’s
an outcome

16. @thinknow
“...a post-industrial
approach to collaborative,
interdisciplinary, creative
team work was given serious
debate.”
@carl_erickson

17. @thinknow

18. @thinknow
Balanced Team Conferences
San Francisco 2011 Chicago 2012

19. @thinknow
Balanced Team Gatherings
IxDA Boulder 2011 SxSW Austin 2012 LeanUX NYC 2012
London 2013 Los Angeles 2014 SxSW Austin 2014

20. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a laboratory

21. @thinknow
“In the post-industrial age,
we need a model that works
well for creative teams
addressing challenges within
complex systems”
@mralancooper

22. @thinknow
Work in the industrial age
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartmann_Maschinenhalle_1868_(01).jpg

23. @thinknow
Focus on output

24. @thinknow
Work in the digital age

25. @thinknow
Focus on outcomes

26. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a question

27. @thinknow
How can creative teams work
together to produce valuable,
validated outcomes in an
environment of extreme uncertainty?

28. @thinknow
Balanced individuals
@thinknow flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/3799531024/

29. @thinknow@thinknow flickr.com/photos/hhoyer/3249473645/
Balanced decision-making

30. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a community

31. @thinknow
Not a method or process, a living
community of practice

32. @thinknow
A place to experiment and share
what you learn

33. @thinknow
Adrian Howard / Alison Austin / Alan Cooper / Alexa Roman /
Andrew Korf / Andrew Malcolm / Anders Ramsay /Ariadna Font
Llitjos / Becky Gessler / Bill Scott / Brittany Hunter / Cameron
Wood / Chris Nodder / Courtney Hemphill / Dale Larson / David J
Bland / Desirée Sy /J Calvin Hoot / Janice Fraser / Jared Spool /
Jay Trimble / Jef Bekes / Jeff Gothelf / Jeff Patton / Jeremy
Lightsmith / Janet Brunckhorst / Janice Fraser / Johanna
Kollmann / Jon Innes / Jon Wettersten / Jonathan Berger / Josh
Seiden / Lane Halley / Martina Schell / Mike Long / Moses
Hohman / Paolo Lorenzoni / Paul Pagel / Robert Fan / Robert
Slifka / Shawn Crowley / Steve McKiernan / Thomas G. Knight /
Tim McCoy / Ward Cunningham / William Pietri / Zach Larson

34. @thinknow

35. @thinknow
Balanced Team is a movement

36. @thinknow
A movement requires incubation

37. @thinknow
The working spaces of the
enlightenment were salons

38. @thinknowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salon_de_Madame_Geoffrin.jpg

39. @thinknow
The Agile Manifesto
emerged from a salon

40. @thinknow
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.
Kent Beck
Mike Beedle
Arie van Bennekum
Alistair Cockburn
Ward Cunningham
Martin Fowler
© 2001, the above authors
this declaration may be freely copied in any form,
but only in its entirety through this notice.
James Grenning
Jim Highsmith
Andrew Hunt
Ron Jeffries
Jon Kern
Brian Marick
Robert C. Martin
Steve Mellor
Ken Schwaber
Jeff Sutherland
Dave Thomas

41. @thinknow

42. @thinknow
Balanced Team events bring
interesting people together for
productive conversations

43. @thinknow
Lightning Talks
Austin 2014

44. @thinknow
Fishbowls
photo: @_abenLos Angeles 2014

45. @thinknow
Open Space
photo: @uxgrumpSan Francisco 2013

46. @thinknow
Workshops
photo: @uxgrumpSan Francisco 2011

47. @thinknow
Collaboration
photo: @pablohartGrand Rapids 2010

48. @thinknow
Social Time
photo: @uxgrumpLondon 2013

49. @thinknow
Play
Chicago 2012

50. @thinknow
Join the conversation!
@balancedteam

51. @thinknow
BALANCED TEAM
SUNDAY SALON
bit.ly/btapril13

52. @thinknow
@jeffpatton, @jseiden, @uxgrump,
@mralancooper, @aremsan, @williampietri,
@cattsmall, @chemphill, @jonathanpberger,
@calexity, @andersramsay, @letterpress_se,
@desireesy, @testobsessed, @giffco,
@mlukanuski, @zachlarson
and @balancedteam
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