Let’s travel to the Forbidden Island to learn how teams work together. On this island, a team of 3-4 people will be working together to collect valuable artifacts and then try to escape while the island sinks beneath them. Egad!

Successful cross-functional teams will learn to work together. Less successful ones will sink beneath the waves. Success is harder than you think as a bit of time pressure gets mixed in. What will you demystify as you execute and debrief this mission?

As Alistair Cockburn has said, software development is a cooperative game. By using a simple game simulation with cross-functional roles, we can see how various team dynamics play out. After running through this simulation, we’ll discuss what went well and didn’t and ways to set teams up for more success. The Forbidden Island serves as a perfect petri dish to see what team dynamics grow.

Whether you are a team member or manager, you will get valuable insights from this session.

The Manifesto for Scaling Agility has one its values Organic Growth over pre-defined structure. What does this mean in terms of scaling? How do development efforts scale organically?

This talk will begin by examining the Scaling Manifesto's values and principles and how they fit within the context of the . Using this lens, we'll look at how organizations can entrust their teams to scale appropriately and confidently to meet the needs of the business. We'll look at prerequisites for making this growth successful, various starting points, and organizational prerequisites.