1. @ewebber
The Agile team onion
A model for agile teams in large
organisations
(or how many pizzas do you really need to feed your team?)
Emily Webber
@ewebber
emilywebber.co.uk / tacitlondon.com
5. @ewebber
“as a team gets bigger, the number of links
that need to be managed among
members goes up at an accelerating,
almost exponential rate. It’s managing the
links between members that gets teams
into trouble.”
- Robin Dunbar
50. @ewebber
“Working directly with the legal team, with
a greater understanding of each other’s
challenges and constraints, led to some
pretty important successes for online
voter registration and the people using it.”
- Pete Herlihy product manager for online voter registration
51. @ewebber
Making your own Agile Team Onion
• Get the right people in the room
• Map out who is in each ring
• Prioritise the collaborators
• Agree on what questions you need to
answer
• Agree who will talk to them
• Talk to them