Comments for Where Technology Meets Teamwork http://blog.nwcadence.com Thoughts on TFS, Lean, Agile, Kanban, Scrum and other collaborative technologies and techniques Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Question on Cross-functional Teams in Scrum by Anonymous http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Anonymous Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/#comment-226 Thank you for your input! It explains much! Thank you for your input! It explains much!

]]> Comment on Question on Cross-functional Teams in Scrum by Martin Hinshelwood http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Martin Hinshelwood Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/#comment-225 Have a look at the ideas of #swarming to complete a Story in agile. Although teams tens to start handing off stories the goal is to end up with everyone that is need to get the story done just getting together and getting it done. What is Swarming?: http://agiletools.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/what-is-swarming Swarming in Kanban: http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/05/kanban-swarming.html Have a look at the ideas of #swarming to complete a Story in agile. Although teams tens to start handing off stories the goal is to end up with everyone that is need to get the story done just getting together and getting it done.

What is Swarming?: http://agiletools.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/what-is-swarming
Swarming in Kanban: http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/05/kanban-swarming.html

]]> Comment on Question on Cross-functional Teams in Scrum by Anonymous http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Anonymous Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:01:00 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/#comment-224 Hi! Great article! I've been searching high and low to find an answer to this. I'm relatively new to Scrum, been in a team for onl the last six months now. When I was preparing to join the team I read in a couple of different places that Team Members need to be cross-functional and multi-disciplinary as this allws any Team Member to pick up any Story... and Stories are supposed to be a slice through the system right? (I'm in web development) Now, the topic has been raised about whether it is "Agile" to "make" team members become cross-disciplinary and get them to learn and master those areas of development that they may not have been so proficient in. In Web, this means backend becoming design/frontend enlightened and vice versa. I have been reading and searching about whether becoming cross-functional is truly advisable an your article is exactly what I'm wondering. I've read the comments and it seems that being cross-functional is not in fact a strict requirement. The "requirement" or optimal blend for a team points at all disciplines being represented in the team but not within every individual team member. So, my question (sorry for the long preamble) is, if a Story is a slice through the system and team members are NOT cross-functional, how is that Story developed from start to finish? Do Team Members hand-off the Story once they've completed the tasks that they are best suited to handle??? I'd appreciate any input you might have about this! Thanks :o) Hi! Great article! I’ve been searching high and low to find an answer to this. I’m relatively new to Scrum, been in a team for onl the last six months now.

When I was preparing to join the team I read in a couple of different places that Team Members need to be cross-functional and multi-disciplinary as this allws any Team Member to pick up any Story… and Stories are supposed to be a slice through the system right? (I’m in web development)

Now, the topic has been raised about whether it is “Agile” to “make” team members become cross-disciplinary and get them to learn and master those areas of development that they may not have been so proficient in. In Web, this means backend becoming design/frontend enlightened and vice versa.

I have been reading and searching about whether becoming cross-functional is truly advisable an your article is exactly what I’m wondering.

I’ve read the comments and it seems that being cross-functional is not in fact a strict requirement. The “requirement” or optimal blend for a team points at all disciplines being represented in the team but not within every individual team member.

So, my question (sorry for the long preamble) is, if a Story is a slice through the system and team members are NOT cross-functional, how is that Story developed from start to finish? Do Team Members hand-off the Story once they’ve completed the tasks that they are best suited to handle???

I’d appreciate any input you might have about this! Thanks :o )

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]]> Comment on Do Teams of Cross Functional Individuals Hide Dysfunctions? by How Flexible Should an Agile Team Be? | The Agile Radar http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/do-teams-of-cross-functional-individuals-hide-dysfunctions/comment-page-1/#comment-215 How Flexible Should an Agile Team Be? | The Agile Radar Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:58:26 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/do-teams-of-cross-functional-individuals-hide-dysfunctions/#comment-215 [...] September 28, 2011By bsktcaseIn a recent blog post my colleague Steven asks the question, “Do Teams of Cross Functional Individuals Hide Dysfunctions?”  This grows out of some conversations we’ve had around the office about the intended [...] [...] September 28, 2011By bsktcaseIn a recent blog post my colleague Steven asks the question, “Do Teams of Cross Functional Individuals Hide Dysfunctions?”  This grows out of some conversations we’ve had around the office about the intended [...]

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]]> Comment on Question on Cross-functional Teams in Scrum by Martin Hinshelwood http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Martin Hinshelwood Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://blog.nwcadence.com/2011/09/question-on-cross-functional-teams-in-scrum/#comment-212 Where do you see that Scrum required cross functional individuals? Scrum only recommends that you have cross functional teams. Read: http://scrum.org/scrumguide  It seams to me that you must have run into a member of the Scrum-quisition that is pushing things on to your team that are NOT mandated or even mentioned as part of Scrum! I have never heard either Ken nor Jeff talk about cross functional individuals. Where do you see that Scrum required cross functional individuals? Scrum only recommends that you have cross functional teams.

Read: http://scrum.org/scrumguide 

It seams to me that you must have run into a member of the Scrum-quisition that is pushing things on to your team that are NOT mandated or even mentioned as part of Scrum! I have never heard either Ken nor Jeff talk about cross functional individuals.

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