Learn about 10 attributes of high performing agile team.

1. A High Performing Agile
Team
by Adnan Aziz

2. A High Performing Agile Team
Team:
A team comprises a group of people linked in a
common purpose
Performance:
The process of carrying out an task
Agile:
Able to move quickly and easily

3. Attribute # 1
Trust each other

4. Tools to use
• Open yourself to others that demonstrates
honesty and humility.
• Your team needs to know that you are just
like them.
• Share your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI) scores.

5. Attribute # 2
Spent time together to
form bonds

6. Tools to use
Use Tuckman model to build common
understanding
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7. Attribute # 3
Team has functional
conflict on how to
achieve outcomes

8. Tools to use
Face the truth
• If functional conflict doesn’t occur, then team
is afraid of facing the truth
• Encourage positive conflict
Time boxed experiments
• Implement two ideas and agree to have
measurement based discussion

9. Attribute # 4
Keeps team
commitment

10. Tool to use
• Understand the commitment
• Build team agreements around commitment
• Create a goal and visualize your
commitment

11. Attribute # 5
Holds themselves
accountable

12. Tools to use
• Ask what value is getting delivered to the
client?
• Question how value will be measured?
• Holds regular team retrospectives
• Retrospective results and action items are
visible in the team area

13. Attribute # 6
Buys into the mission

14. HOW
WHY
Tools to use
WHAT
Understand what is the cause
behind the mission?

15. Attribute # 7
Continuously strive for
improvement

16. Tools to use
Conduct regular team health checks

17. Attribute # 8
Team workload is
visible in open space

18. Tools to use
Build workflow boards in your team space

19. Attribute # 9
Team impediments are
visible

20. Tools to use
Use impediment board

21. Attribute # 10
Deliver working
software incrementally
at sustainable pace

22. Tools to use
• Do more of TDD and BDD
• Adopt components from
IaaS model
• Use build lights and
information radiators to
highlight the status of your
build pipeline

23. Questions?