How to build great teams - Agile

Building Great teams

Nicola DourambeisOctober 24, 2013

Nicola DourambeisVP Agile Infrastructure DeliverySalesforce.com

Owner of Purple Agility LLC

Start up, consulting and large company veteran.

What is a team? (According to wikipedia)

A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common

purpose.

A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams

normally have members with complementary skills and generate

synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to

maximize his/her strengths and minimize his/her weaknesses.

Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other

team members realize their true potential, and create an

environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations.

A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong

sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating

performance greater than the sum of the performance of its

individual members.

Team size?

Ok, I have a team

Now how do I make it great?

and…

Shared goals:sense of purpose and accountability

Diverse skills and experience

Persistent

Physically together

Got it!

Now what could go wrong?

A story about Phil and his team…

Or Lucy and me…

Yikes!

What could be done

differently?

Build and rebuild Trust

Don’t shy away from conflict

Agree on who does what(which is different from roles and responsibilities)

Have regular retrospectives

Why is it so important to

focus on team health for

great teams?

Get more doneCreate better solutions

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