Teamwork in Agile
Several years ago, I worked for Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), a consulting company that specialized in Rapid Application Development (RAD). CTP’s hallmark was Rapid Solutions Workshop (RSW), in which we would build a prototype of a r...
The Scrum Team: A Puzzle of People: How one CSP builds teams by inspecting and adapting
How do you build your cross-functional teams? One CSP creates his in an agile manner, inspecting and adapting as the project evolves. He says that this allows team members to learn new skills and ensures that the right skills are brought on to the team when needed. Read on to hear his story.
Have an Initial Conversation to Start an Agile Project: A CSP and CSM share how teams at Baker Hughes choose the solution delivery methodology that best suits the project.
Based on our experience, it is essential that stakeholders be involved in deciding the approach for solution delivery. Agile and Scrum require commitment and collaboration from various stakeholders for successful delivery and customer delight. While teams inspect and adapt their ways of working through multiple iterations, efforts of multiple stakeholders need to be coordinated. Without collaboration, sustainability is compromised. Commitment and collaboration cannot be achieved without setting the foundation early on in the project. At Baker Hughes Incorporated, our processes facilitate the initial conversation between multiple stakeholders to make the project successful. During the initial stage of projects at Baker Hughes, the teams have an opportunity to choose a solution delivery methodology – Waterfall, Rapid Application Deployment or Agile.
In this article, Rahul Sawhney and Prashant Patel present:
• The different aspects of this conversation - the parameters that we consider.
• Why these parameters are relevant in the context of Baker Hughes Inc.
• The impact of these parameters on solution delivery
The Quest for High Performance: How one CSP gets his teams off to the right start
One of the best ways to ensure that a team grows to be high performing is to get them off to the right start. Read on to learn two team start-up activities that focus on process and help ensure everyone is on the same page from the beginning.