Organising Self-Organising Teams

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1. Organising Self- Organising Teams Rashina Hoda, James Noble, Stuart Marshall University of Wellington, New Zealand Tuesday, 8 October 13
2. http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/ ~elvis/twikipub/Main/RashinaHoda/ OSOT.pdf Tuesday, 8 October 13
3. Leadership in Agile teams is distributed, providing subtle control and direction to the team in contrast to centralised management in traditional teams Tuesday, 8 October 13
4. Self-organising teams are composed of individuals that manage their own workload, shift work amongst themselves based on need and best fit, and participate in team decision making Tuesday, 8 October 13
5. Self-organising teams must have common focus, mutual trust, and respect Tuesday, 8 October 13
6. Self-organisation can also directly influence team effectiveness as self-management brings decision making authority to the level of operational problems, which increases the speed and accuracy of problem solving Tuesday, 8 October 13
7. Division of work based on specialised skills is the most important barrier to self-organisation Tuesday, 8 October 13
8. Agile methods require that the role of project manager needs to change from being controller and planner to becoming a facilitator and collaborator Tuesday, 8 October 13
9. Managers on Agile projects must be ready to relinquish some control Tuesday, 8 October 13
10. Self-organising teams tend to adopt six informal roles Tuesday, 8 October 13
11. Mentor Tuesday, 8 October 13
12. Co-ordinator Tuesday, 8 October 13
13. Translator Tuesday, 8 October 13
14. Champion Tuesday, 8 October 13
15. Promoter Tuesday, 8 October 13
16. Terminator Tuesday, 8 October 13
17. Self-organising teams do not emerge and flourish in isolation and are dependent on environmental factors, such as the support of senior management and the level of customer involvement Tuesday, 8 October 13
18. http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/ ~elvis/twikipub/Main/RashinaHoda/ OSOT.pdf Tuesday, 8 October 13