Teams are usually encouraged to specialize. That may be a necessary step in some organizations. But even when it is necessary, we must be aware of the side-effects and prepare for those.
In this episode, we talk about the reasons why teams start behaving like silos, what the consequences might be, but also what we can do to overcome those anti-patterns.
Featured Book of the Week: The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year by Mitch Lacey
In The Scrum Field Guide by Mitch Lacey, Richard found many lessons that helped him in his journey as a Scrum Master. The book shares models and keys to successful scrum mastering, but also many references and other sources to read up on.
About Richard Griffiths
Lapsed software developer, agile and scrum learner, tenor, drummer.
Richard guides and coaches Scrum Teams and organizations on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values. Helping to teach, facilitate, collaborate & mentor software development teams, enhancing their agile maturity through coaching technical practices as well as the ceremonies and techniques. Richard likes to help teams and organizations obtain higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
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