Session 9: Team Patterns
Don Gray
Sitting around the table with the ScrumMaster and his team, I quickly noticed Jack was the team’s big dog. Once he weighed in on the user story, discussion ceased, the team agreed with him, and the discussion moved on. When I re-connected with the client two years later, I learned that Jack had been transferred and the team’s velocity almost doubled.
Welcome to the “Uneven Participation” team trap. When a team experiences uneven participation one person or small group dominates the team’s interactions. Quiet team members fall by the way side. The team loses valuable input and dialogue. Frustration sets in and lack of buy-in creates false consensus, yet another team trap. Team traps occur when team interactions reduce the team’s ability to deliver value to the organization.
Using a series of projects, we’ll explore team traps and develop strategies for dealing with them.
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