Agile - mutiple teams & roles and responsibilities

Can Agile be successful in multi site environment OR does it need to be colocated? Frankly speaking, from my exp. i think it needs to be colocated ...as there is so much of tight coupling required between the team members. We can have 2 teams running seperate scrums but does that work? Yes, if they are working totally independent it can be a huge success.

Key to successful team building is creating unity while celebrating the individuality of each team member => Common purpose supported by unique contributions...

Program/Release/Project TEAMS

Program/Release/Project CORE Team consists of:
•Product Owner (aka Product Manager)
•Engineering Manager
•Architect
•QA Manager
•Program Manager (aka Project Manager, Scrum Master)

Representing multiple TEAMS as a Core Team member
•Cannot attend multiple stand ups
1.Scrum team too large and being split
2.New teams being formed
3.One core team member on multiple Scrum teams
•Stagger daily stand ups
•Attend one stand up and send a proxy to the other

Few of these roles and responsibilities will help keep the boat sailing, Check out Agile Team Members – Roles & Responsibilities more @ Aaron's blog - http://aaron.sanders.name/agile/agile-team-members-roles-and-responsibilities

Basic tools and common sense

I would atleast get the ball rolling to begin with 6 basic things from APJ Abdul Kalam that one should always keep close to one’s heart in order to be successful in whatever you do. I personally have felt the impact and hence would like to put this forward –

 

1. Doing SIMPLE things right...

2. Living below your means...

3. Remember things that people usually tend to forget...

4. Find alternatives to PROFANITY… (personally very important to me… because let’s face the fact wherever you go, you will get little bit of this and you should be in a position to find a workaround to handle profanity in a professional way rather than cribbing about it J)

5. Decisions based on logic rather than emotions...(yes, lots of topics on EI but apply common sense please)

6. Get things DONE!!! (JUST DO IT … then we talk on Why, Who and How’s J)

 

Cheers - D

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