Delivery depends on talented people, but because skills are embedded on specific individuals, delivery isn’t scalable and success isn’t repeatable. A team at this stage of its agile journey is typically either just learning how to be agile, or hasn’t firmly committed to changing the way that they work. Choosing a framework and just doing the basics right is key to evolving to the next level.
Archetypal behaviours seen in this stage:
Management direction and task delegation.
Ad-hoc or waterfall practices.
Optimisation for ultilisation.
Focus for growth:
Managers must establish and promote guardrails for self-organisation.
Transparency of work.
What do avoid:
Don’t mistake self-organising teams for autonomous teams. Set the minimum set of rules, practices and roles to work within and let the team manage themselves to deliver within those boundaries.
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