Agile team building concepts

Question 1

Five concepts

Answer 1

1) Self Organization
2) Right skill set and perspective, personal strength (Team building)
3) Motivated team
4) Empowered teams
5) High performing teams

Question 2

Self organization team

Answer 2

1) Organizing, managing and directing

2) authority and resources to plan work and resolve roadblocks

Question 3

Self organization team characteristics

Answer 3

1) Adopt and commit to a common purpose
2) How to resolve problems
3) Organize and direct themselves
4) Increase collaboration and communication to help ensure success

Question 4

Team building best practices

Answer 4

1) Move beyond roles to integrated team
2) Trust and accountability
3) Right skill set and perspective

Question 5

Tuckman’s development model

Answer 5

Forming - first impression of others
Storming - Compete for acceptance of their concepts
Norming - work naturally as a team
Performing - work consistently
Adjourning - project concludes and team members transition

Question 6

Whitworth and biddle study (motivation)

Answer 6

1) Continuous and open communication
2) Accept to the most current information
3) Clear team goal
4) Unrestricted ease of interaction
5) Engaging in Innovation games
6) Iterative delivery helps sense of immediacy for the team

Question 7

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Answer 7

1) Physiological (survival)
2) Security
3) Social
4) Self Esteem
5) Self actualization (fulfillment and achievement)

Question 8

Maslow’s for agile teams

Answer 8

1) Team space and tools (Physiological )
2) Safe and secure team work environment
3) Daily stand-ups and other team events
4) Respect, inclusion and mutual appreciation
5) Team success over individual success

Question 9

Herzberg’s motivation theory

Answer 9

Motivation hygiene theory (factors)

1) Must enjoy their work(align with skill set and capabilities)
2) Sense of achievement
3) Recognition
4) Responsibility
5) Personal growth and advancement

Question 10

Herzberg and Agile

Answer 10

Hire people with diverse skills
Create collocated team 
Recognize members (team member of the week)
Work as collective unit
Cross functional training opportunity

Question 11

McClelland theory of needs

Answer 11

Theory of needs

1) Achievement
2) Affiliation (liked and accepted by others)
3) Power (prefer to direct other)
4) Avoidance (fear rejection failure and success)

Question 12

Theory of needs and agile

Answer 12

Achievement - more challenging work to high achievers
Affiliation - personal interaction
Power causes disruption don’t use
Avoidance - team disruptions so don’t use

Question 13

McGregor’s Motivation (X and Y) theory

Answer 13

X- close supervision, inherently lazy, disciplinary actions

Y - Self motivated, self control, seek and accept responsibility (use in Agile)

Question 14

Empowered teams defined

Answer 14

Owns the project

Authority to make decisions on their own

Question 15

Agile development survey

Answer 15

1) Most companies follow a traditional command and control project culture
2) Agile teams are self-directing and self-organizing

Question 16

High performing teams

Answer 16

1) High quality results
2) Build the right team culture
3) Culture - Organization, and team adapt to agile culture
4) Right people
5) Mutual trust

Question 17

ARCS J.M. Keller

Answer 17

1) Attention
2) Relevance
3) Confidence/Competence
4) Satisfaction

Question 18

Three step intervention for CR

Answer 18

1) Have you shared your concerns and feelings about this with
2) should know of your concerns. Would it help if I go with you?”
3) May I tell that you have these concerns