Team Structures: Patterns that Work
Organized by Bob Frei and Khurshid Akbar, I’ll present new ideas to a contraverial topic. We will compare and contrast a vast variety of team structures; consider the constraints they impose on people and the flow of work; and learn strategies to change the work environment to better support Agile teams.
“I’m a BA, how should I contribute in an Agile team?”
“I’m an Designer, am I considered part of the Agile team or not?”
“I’m in a distributed team, is that okay?”
These are familiar questions. Team structures vary in every company. From remote-only to collocated and everything in between — from strictly segregated (BA, QA, Developer, Designer, Architect, DBA, etc) to fluid and self-organizing. Not all structures are equally productive and effective, and not all companies can support all team structures. For that reason, there are no correct answers to the questions above, and all valid advice must start with “it depends”.
AgileRegina (Lean Coffee) · Regina · March 5, 2020