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Welcome to our first newsletter produced by your fellow members in Tech Fleet! Want to help with future issues? Send us a reply or reach out to Neha, our Comms Committee chair.

We Don’t Wait for Perfection - We Learn Our Way Forward

At Tech Fleet, we believe progress comes from curiosity, collaboration, and iteration. We don’t wait for perfect solutions—we learn our way forward. Every experiment, every adjustment, and every insight makes us stronger.

In this edition, we’re diving into the principles of Agile—what it means, why it matters, and how our community is putting it into practice every day. But first, a few announcements!

📣 Community Updates & Announcements 📣

🍂 Masterclass Fall Sale

• Use promo code FALL 2025 (no spaces) for 20% off all Masterclasses

✨ Current Masterclasses (still open for registration)

• Fall / Winter Agile Coaching Residency - Started November 18th, 2025

✨ Upcoming Masterclasses

• Brain Psychology and UX Design Masterclass - Starts December 8th, 2025
• AI-Enabled UX Research Masterclass - Starts December 8th, 2025

🚀 Project Openings

Three Phase 1 projects are now accepting applications for Phase 2, and one project is opening for Phase 3. Be Loud Studios, aTypical Community, TrackPoli, and the Foundation for Intentional Community are amazing nonprofits that need your help!

Hats you might wear include Project Management, Product Strategy, UX Research, UX Design, UX Writing, Agile Coaching, and Development.

Check the project dashboard for details and apply today!

👐 Volunteer Openings

We’re looking for Project Coordinators to join our community as volunteers.

As a Project Coordinator, you’ll get hands-on experience managing projects, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and keeping things running smoothly from start to finish. You’ll also develop valuable skills in project management, communication, teamwork, time management, and leadership—all while making a real impact in our community.

Check out the volunteer dashboard and apply now!

📅 Live Projects

Check out all ongoing Tech Fleet projects on the observer dashboard. We welcome everyone in the Tech Fleet community to observe projects (Read this first!). Explore milestones, deliverables, client info, and project resources while observing teams in action.

⏰ Community Events

• Community Onboarding Calls - New to Tech Fleet? Join our weekly onboarding calls to get acquainted with the community, meet mentors, and learn how to get involved.

🎉 Tech Fleet End-of-Year Demo – Dec 9

Celebrate your 2025 impact! Whether through projects, volunteering, teaching, or board work, everyone in the community can showcase their contributions.

When: Dec 9 at 12 PM PST / 3 PM EDT / 8 PM UTC
Present solo or with your team!

🙌 Community Shoutout

We celebrate our new Agile Coaches!

We’re excited to announce that the Agile Coaches from our Summer Residency have officially graduated and are now proudly stepping into the Agile Coach RACI hat!

It has been inspiring to work alongside such dedicated, people-first leaders. You’ll now see these coaches guiding teams in all pre-kickoff onboarding workshops, supporting both participants and observers alike.

These new Agile Coaches are officially recognized as leaders in our community, and we couldn’t be prouder of their achievements.

If you’re inspired to follow in their footsteps, here’s how you can start your journey: complete either Agile UX, Product Operations, or Product Requirements, and then join our November cohort to train under experienced Agile Coaches in our advanced apprenticeship program.

💡 Tip of the Week

Embrace Learning, Not Perfection

We don't wait for perfect solutions—we learn our way forward. By running small experiments, gathering feedback, and adapting quickly, we discover what truly serves our partners and communities. Every iteration makes us smarter and our impact stronger. We build trust through transparency about what we're learning, not by pretending we have all the answers. Progress happens when we're brave enough to try, humble enough to adjust, and committed to getting better together.

💭Agile Principles:A Simpler Way to Work Smarter.

Definition of Agile: Agile is a philosophy and a way of approaching work.

Agile teams deliver incremental value as they go.They do not work in sequential order or phases. They deliver small chunks of usable, valuable functionality to users continuously instead of delivering the full result all at once.

Why it matters? In many workplaces, projects are built the old way and nothing is shared until the whole thing is finished. That means people spend months building something only to find out it doesn’t solve the real problem. Agile avoids this by delivering smaller pieces of value along the way. Teams learn what works (and what doesn’t) early on, and adjust before investing too much time and energy. This makes Agile safer, smarter, and more effective.

Analogy: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/river-metaphor-explain-agile-ways-working-michael-gibson/

Agile teams are like a river flowing, constantly moving forward and adapting. When rocks (obstacles or new requirements) are encountered, the river (team) finds a way around or over them, always maintaining its flow.

This image represents how Agile teams continously work, adjusting their path to overcome challenges and stay productve, rather than stopping to ask for permission every step of the way.

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