Creating Self-Directed Teams

Creating Self-Directed Teams

1. It's divided in

   • Managers
     • It may be leaders who stand in the way of team self-organization.
       • Team leaders should not solve the whole problem
       • They should not lead the team to a solution proposed only by the leader
       • Reduces your team autonomy
       • Take away from the team the ability to become autonomous
       • Eliminate team motivation.
   • Measurement
     • Measures often drive behavior
       • Metrics should be team based rather than individually focused
       • Maintain focus on team trends and learning
       • Focusing on improvements and results.
   • Language
     • The language used by an impactful leader in the team environment
       • Strengthens the organizational structure and silos in everyday language
       • The team is affected by how the leader refers to them
       • Have a team language
   • Team Organization
     • The important thing is to create the team and distribute it in the least amount of time zones
       • Invest in collaboration tools to facilitate tasks
       • The leader must have the necessary scope to see the tasks carried out by the team
       • Make work strategies for collaborators
   • ScrumMasters
     • Work team with a support, having a full-time role
       • Eliminate impediments
       • Effective collaboration
       • Delivery of high quality products
   • Trust
     • It is a way of giving spaces to work teams within an agile transition
       • Allows teams to be independent, self-directed, and responsible
       • Support the efforts and progress of the team despite possible failures
       • Do not question team methods even thinking they are wrong
   • Celebration and fun
     • An important aspect of solid agile leadership is creating the space for feedback within teams
       • Lead by example for teams
       • Fund teams for a break and celebration