Nabeel Ansar describes one wrong way to create a cross-functional team

Cross-functional teams are a key enabler of agility in an organization. However, putting together and being effective as a cross-functional team is not an obvious outcome. In this story Nabeel describes one example of how the term “cross-functional” can be understood in a wrong way and with disastrous consequences.

About Nabeel Ansar

Nabeel has a diverse experience in Software test Automation for web and mobile, software Engineering and product development. Nabeel can help assemble an implementation team, and lead that team to a successful outcome. He can also asses and improve your already in place software development processes. Nabeel’s passion it to provide Agile coaching (true Agility) and can train individuals and entire departments.

You can link with Nabeel Ansar on LinkedIn and connect with Nabeel Ansar on Twitter.

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