by Esther Derby | Apr 1, 2012 | Leadership & Management
I have seen situations where both senior level and middle level management saw the value in Agile. Moving towards a team-based organization and iterative incremental delivery brings benefits. In my experience, it’s a little more common for middle managers to... by Esther Derby | Dec 27, 2011 | Leadership & Management, Organizational Change
Agile methods depend on effective cross-functional teams. We’ve heard many Agile success stories…at the team level. But what happens when a product can’t be delivered by one team? What do you do when the “team” that’s needed to... by Esther Derby | Nov 22, 2011 | Leadership & Management, Systems and Complexity
I recently did an interview with the nice folks at Softhouse.se for their Lean Magazine. The interview was a lot of fun, and made me think (which is fun). The full interview will be in their special anniversary edition, schedule to be out by Christmas. (Information... by Esther Derby | Feb 22, 2011 | Collaboration & Teams, Leadership & Management
Do you really have a team when someone keeps messing with the membership? One summer, long ago and far away, I was on a softball team. It would be an exaggeration to say I played softball, but I did participate in practices, showed up for games and imbibed of... by Esther Derby | Feb 17, 2011 | Collaboration & Teams
A team is a social unit, a group of people who work collaboratively to accomplish some goal. Every team is a group of people, but not every group of people is a team. I hear the term applied loosely–describing anything from a collection of individual...
