The team is at the core of agile practices and frameworks: "team of experts", "development team", "product team", "squad", etc. Software development requires the work of a team, as individual work can only get you so far. But is that assumption correct? To answer this question, I looked into organisational psychology and group dynamics research. The... Continue Reading →
What Are Self-Managed Teams?
Self-managed or self-organised teams is the premise for any Agile framework or organisation. But what does that mean? The meaning varies from organisation to organisation, and from person to person, but there is a standard definition for it. Let's look into it! Late J. Richard Hackman, Harvard psychology professor and one of the leading experts... Continue Reading →