Sandy Mamoli’s awesome bookCreating Great Teams: How Self-Selection Lets People Excel,explains that we’re happiest and most productive if we can choose what we work on, and who we work with. Choosing a team where you’ll feel valued and able to contribute, taps into the co-operative co...
It is amazing how much faster this model is in practice than the separate teams by discipline model in terms of time to delivery. Production uptime and performance are improved because the team is “eating its own dog food” and is aware of production issues directly, not as some ticket fro...
Scaled Agile has a few small cross-functional marketing teams to support different business areas. Corporate Comms is one of these small teams. Their purpose is to propel market growth through a cohesive, compelling brand experience that inspires delight, confidence, and loyalty in current and prosp...
An agile team unites under a shared vision, then brings it to life the way they know is best. Each team sets their own standards for quality, usability, and completeness. Their "definition of done" then informs how fast they'll churn the work out. Although it can be scary at first, c...
For the first time, our industry has found a real, sustainable way to solve problems that generations of software development teams have been struggling with. Here are just a few of the solutions that agile promises:Agile projects come in on time, which is great for teams that have struggled...
For the first time, our industry has found a real, sustainable way to solve problems that generations of software development teams have been struggling with. Here are just a few of the solutions that agile promises:Agile projects come in on time, which is great for t...
Agile visionaries believed thatteamworkis essential to delivering great software and that great agile teams embody "we" rather than “I." Nothing is more rewarding than sharing the adventure of building something that truly matters with engaged teammates. ...
An ideal Agile team size is small — around three to seven people. This helps keep communication active and reduces complications that can arise from working in larger numbers. Many companies assign a project owner for each Agile team, though it may work to have multiple Agile teams report to...
The challenge for senior executives in an agile organization is clear but difficult: empower small teams with great independence and resources while retaining accountability. As our colleagues have written, an agile organization speeds up decision making by allowing teams that are closer to customers to...
In the end, an agile organization is composed of a large number of high-performing, small teams, each with a clear mission that they can deliver end to end. Vasquez-McCall: That’s a great point. When I think about agile, it’s about changing the hearts and minds of the...