Let's build that Dream Team!
What would a dream Agile team look like? A small, collocated, cross-functional, self-organizing feature team?
Not always. There are several considerations that go into forming a team and there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
While the above described team attributes may help us be agile, there may be other conflicting goals which may nudge us in a different direction.
For anyone trying to design and set up a team, it is important to be aware of the many possibilities and the many goals that may influence team configurations.
Through this talk and with the aid of some hands-on exercises, we will aim to throw light on various aspects of team formation and the pros and cons of the choices we make.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
- Various aspects of team formation (size, geographical distribution, specialization etc) – 10 mins
- Pros and Cons of various configurations (small teams Vs. large teams, co-located teams Vs. distributed teams etc) – 15 mins
- Short exercise to create a dream team based on various scenarios - 10 mins
- What can we do in the field to balance various goals and their influence on team configurations – 10 mins
Learning Outcome
For roles that influence team design and configuration, the session will highlight the pros and cons of conventional and unconventional choices.
The audience will be able to apply the learning in their organization to be able to truly design teams fit for their context.
This will be established in a highly interactive way and through an exercise.
Target Audience
Agile Coaches, Leaders, Scrum Masters
Prerequisites for Attendees
NA
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Conference Tracks:
- Emerging Technologies & Agility – APGI is always excited to take up this hot topic that covers the role of Agile in emerging technologies like SMAC, IoT, Design Thinking, User experience Design, CI, CD, and DevOps. There may be a touch upon a few Product Management related topics too.
- Enterprise Agility – Is an umbrella that encapsulates some excerpts of Business Agility, Scaling, large scale agile transformation success stories etc.
- Agile Beyond IT – Addresses the need of Agile in Non-IT functions like HR, supply chain, support services and non-IT industries like manufacturing, construction, healthcare, education. APGI’s vision here is to open the doors for people and show what Agile, lean techniques like Kanban can offer them.
- Building Agile Teams – Focuses on the aspects of Coaching, mentoring, leadership, mind-set and culture changes, Gamifications etc.
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