…A self-organizing (aka self-managing) team is one that has the ability and autonomy to determine how best to accomplish its work within the boundaries and constraints put in place by its leaders. Self-organization doesn’t mean the team is unmanaged or anarchic; it means the team organizes itself around tasks, responsibilities,…

The ability for a team to self-organize around the goals it has been given is fundamental for effective agile teamwork and applies to all agile methodologies, including Scrum. In fact, the Agile Manifesto includes self-organizing teams as a key principle, saying that “the best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from…

…does that go? Should team members have the right to vote someone off the team? Since the debut of the Survivor television show back in 1997, this is often referred to by asking if a team has the right to vote someone off the island. Back to Agile’s Origins Scrum…

…kickoff meeting whenever: A team is starting a major, new initiative A significant number of team members are new At least once a year Major, New Initiatives There have been arguments put forth that projects are dead and teams should only think about products. Even if that’s so, I contend…

…told me during his team’s sprint review the week before, they asked him to resign as their ScrumMaster and leave the team. He did and was looking around within his company to find another Scrum team to join. Although rare, Derek’s situation is not unheard of. The question of whether…

…to financial returns and team efficiency. It also introduces ROI calculations, key metrics, and success stories so you can assess the value of agile training. Key Takeaways Agile training enhances organizational capability, leading to benefits such as improved efficiency, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement, as evidenced by real-world success stories.…

Ideally, every Scrum team has one Scrum Master, one product owner, and a small set of people the Scrum Guide calls developers. Developers (team members) are those who are doing the day-to-day work of creating the product. On a Scrum team, everyone works together to deliver the set of work…

…four categories: management issues, team issues, product owner issues, and process issues. In each instance, we will cite an example of someone who successfully caused agile failure, list the general guidelines for failure that the example is meant to demonstrate, and then list alternative techniques you can try to help…

…development processes such as Scrum [1], Extreme Programming [2], Feature-Driven Development [3], and DSDM [4] have emerged and their use has become much more prevalent. Central to these processes is a reliance upon emergent requirements and architecture. On an agile project, there is no upfront requirements engineering effort. Instead, the…