Team members feel empowered. This approach ensures that everyone feels valued and needed, making them more likely to be engaged in their work and willing to assist others. Create Cross-Functional Teams High-performance Agile teams are cross-functional, comprising people with diverse skills who can ...
It is essential to focus on universal design in agile software development to ensure that the software developed is usable by as many people as possible. This work studies how members of agile teams regard universal design, how the team is organized to focus on universal design, and how the ...
1. Use Agile project management tools to ensure project status visibility. It can be challenging to track team members’ progress on assignments remotely, and a lack of transparency during the planning process can result in lower productivity and lower quality of work for some. That’s why 2 ...
The members of each Scrum team decide how the group will work together. Each member is equally important (there’s no hierarchy), but responsibilities are clearly defined. This means that each team member should get an equal opportunity to voice their opinion. Together, they can come to a so...
and identifying the abilities and know-how necessary to achieve the goals of the following sprint. That is, before they complete a sprint, they’ve already started planning for the next one. Agility becomes a core competency of the team, supported by know-how in agile methodologies and tools...
There are two other pillars of great agile teams: continuous mentoring and shared skill sets. One of the big benefits in working on a team is that colleagues learn from one another and mentor one another. Mentoring isn't just an activity for junior members to learn from senior members. Ever...
We’ve used the Kanban version of the agile method supported by software that ensures teammates or leaders do not block workflow. (we use Trello). This method enables real-time communication and full transparency, so the leader can ensure that team members’ work is unblocked and resourced ...
It is realistic that while transitioning from traditional product development to Agile development, teams, and organizations improve at a linear pace in most cases. Their performance improves in few areas but remains lackluster in others. It is important that the team members are aware of their str...
A good manager wears many hats. They are leaders, mentors, decision-makers, problem-solvers, and above all, advocates for their team. Likewise, a good manager understands that their success is intrinsically tied to the success of their team members. They also guide and support their team, emp...
This is one of the seemingly simple but important questions you and your team members need to ask yourselves and think through. We are professionals—obviously, we know why we learn and what to learn. However, many of us seldom think enough about how we learn. Listen to Yourself This is...