Alba GonzálezProduct Owner| Discover Financial ServicesSalt Lake City, Ut, United States
I am looking for inspiration on how to improve scrum teams' performance. In particular, for scrum teams that are more established and have been using scrum for many years.
Please share any resources in the form of articles, books, webinars, etc.
Zeeshan AmjadCoach| Kimza LLCAshburn, Va, United States
Based on my experience, first, we have to make a team before making a high-performance team. So many times, I came across a situation where individuals are working as a group, not as a team.
Usually, people think that if individuals have a common goal then it is a team. Although having a common goal is a necessary condition to become a team but not sufficient. The working group also has a common goal, but they are not working as a team. To be a team, we need three ingredients.
1. Common Goal
2. Mutual Accountability
3. Shared Responsibility
If anyone of this is missing, then it is not a team, let alone a high-performance team. Once we have a team, then one of the simple to-understand frameworks to make the high-performance team is "5 dysfunction of a team" by Paterik Lencinoi. It has 5 components
1. Lack of Trust
2. Fear of Conflict
3. Lack of Commitment
4. Avoidance of Accountability
5. Inattention to Result
There are a few other models,
High-Performance Team Model
Tuckman model
Katzenbach and Smith Saving Changes...
Firstly, what is the motivation behind this. Secondly, add change something. Add, remove, twist something. I was on a very high performing senior team. They gave us some nearshore developers with the goal of scaling our team. They were fresh out of a bootcamp. Nothing against them, but the team had to adjust. We sucked for a while. But we changed processes, redefined things and we were all better for it. Everyone learned from the experience. Saving Changes...
Latha Thamma reddiSr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC TechnologyMckinney, Tx, United States
Jan 18, 2023 12:05 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Retrospectives and self-team reflection is very important for maintaining high performing teams.
Insights provided in the link is very helpful. Saving Changes...
Latha Thamma reddiSr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC TechnologyMckinney, Tx, United States
Hi Kiron,
Thank you for your input. In your experience, Saving Changes...
Francisco MendozaIT Transformation Manager| Open Dealer ExchangeMi, United States
Alba -
It sounds to me like the teams are stuck and doing agile instead of being agile. I agree with Kiron that a well established team should be frequently looking for these improvements on their own.
I have seen some success rallying around a common purpose, "Why do we want to be a better Scrum Team?"
I have also seen where the lack of Agility within Leadership is preventing the continued improvements of the Scrum Team. If leaders are still doing everything the same way and not thinking Agile then they are creating a ceiling to the level of improvements of a Scrum Team.
Are your leaders on board with thinking Agile? Saving Changes...
