Liftoff, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1.  Foreword
2.  Acknowledgments
3.  Introduction: Defying Gravity
   1. What Is a Liftoff?
   2. Why We Wrote This Book
   3. What’s Inside?
   4. Who’ll Benefit from Reading This Book?
4. 1. Plan for a Successful Liftoff
   1. Are You Ready to Plan a Liftoff?
   2. Who Plans the Liftoff?
   3. Planning the Liftoff
   4. It’s Never Too Late
   5. What’s Next?
   6. In Practice: Team Restart
5. 2. Navigate Learning Environments
   1. Setting Conditions for Optimal Team Learning
   2. Focus on Learning
   3. What’s Next?
   4. In Practice: Applying the Rules
6. 3. Design a Great Liftoff for Your Team
   1. Initial Design Considerations
   2. Designing the Start
   3. The Heart of Your Liftoff
   4. Ending Your Liftoff
   5. What’s Next?
   6. In Practice: A Kickoff Workshop Gem
7. 4. Smooth the Path to Performance with Agile Chartering
   1. What Is Agile Chartering?
   2. Leading the Two Parts of Chartering
   3. Amending the Living Charter
   4. What’s Next?
   5. In Practice: The System Tracking Project
8. 5. Charter a Clear Team Purpose
   1. Understanding Purpose
   2. How to Facilitate Agile Chartering for Purpose
   3. What’s Next?
   4. In Practice: How a Team Found the Power of Purpose
9. 6. Create Coherence by Chartering Alignment
   1. Understanding Alignment
   2. How to Facilitate Agile Chartering for Alignment
   3. What’s Next?
   4. In Practice: Team Building in Transition
10. 7. Charter Context to Influence Work
    1. Understanding Context
    2. How to Facilitate Agile Chartering for Context
    3. What’s Next?
    4. In Practice: A Tale of Two Projects
11. 8. Soar from Liftoff to Flight
    1. Preparing for a Liftoff Retrospective
    2. Conducting a Liftoff Retrospective
    3. Keeping the Team Charter Alive
    4. Have a Great Flight!
    5. In Practice: The Yardbirds
12. A1. Sample Charters
13. A2. Sample Chartering Agendas
14. A3. Contributor Biographies
15.  Bibliography