Read more about the article Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model
Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model

Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model

Allan Drexler and David Sibbet developed a team performance model framework for understanding team development that has similar concepts to those covered by Tuckman. In the Drexler/Sibbet model, there is a concept of a bouncing ball where team building begins with a lot of freedom of imagination, openness and aspirations and then slowly becomes more and…

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Tuckman's Stages of Group Development

Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development

Now that we’ve looked at individual development, let’s look at team development and the journey a team takes to become a high-performing team. The most known model is Bruce Tuckman’s stages of group development from forming, norming, storming, and performing. A team goes through these stages as they transition from coordinating to cooperating to collaborating to…

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Situational Leadership

Situational Leadership

In Situational Leadership, the emphasis is on changing the leader’s leadership style and approach based on the type of follower you are working with. By considering high/low competency and high/low commitment, a follower can be Situational Leadership - Learner Type Enthusiastic Beginner - Low Competence/Low Confidence and Commitment. Eager to learn, ready to take on new…

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Read more about the article The Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition
Dreyfus Model Of Skills Acquisition

The Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition

The Dreyfus model of skills acquisition developed by brothers Stuart and Huber Dreyfus covers a similar concept as the 3-step ShuHaRi but uses 5 stages instead from novice to expert. The stages follow a progression from rigid adherence to rules to an intuitive mode of reasoning based on tacit knowledge. Michael Eraut summarized the five stages…

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ShuHaRi

The 3 Stages of Shu Ha Ri for Gaining Knowledge

In Shu-Ha-Ri, there are 3 stages to gaining knowledge. Alistair Cockburn introduced an analogy to Aikido (Japanese martial art) in terms of how we learn a technique and get better at it from beginner/novice to journeyman, to master. There are 3 stages of gaining knowledge: Shu – Beginner Stage In shu, we repeat the forms and…

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Models for Skills Acquisition

3 Models for Skills Acquisition

Before we talk about how teams mature, let’s first discuss how individuals grow. After all, a team in composed of individuals and to understand how to get a team to a certain level we need to understand how individuals learn and grow. We'll look at 3 models: Shu-Ha-Ri: an adaptation of the Japanese martial art concept…

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Read more about the article The Awkward Teenager of Testing
The Awkward Teenager of Testing by Shawn Faunce

The Awkward Teenager of Testing

Check out the video below of Shawn Faunce presenting on "The Awkward Teenager of Testing by Shawn Faunce" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Shawn emphasizes the expected outcome and value proposition of a successful exploratory testing program along with some lessons learned adopting such a program. https://youtu.be/jdPL9BZyuzc The Awkward Teenager of Testing by…

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Read more about the article Impact Mapping – How to Make Value Driven Prioritization a Reality
Impact Mapping - How to Make Value Driven Prioritization a Reality by Mathias Eifert

Impact Mapping – How to Make Value Driven Prioritization a Reality

Check out the video below of Mathias Eifert presenting on "Impact Mapping - How to Make Value Driven Prioritization a Reality" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Mathias explores how impact maps support multiple stakeholders in gaining consensus on which features or actions are most useful to help us achieve an organizational goal. In…

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The Scrum Magic Word

Scrum Magic! Do Scrum – Become Hype-productive!

This series focuses on a few values and principles from the Agile Manifesto. The value of Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools https://agilemanifesto.org/ and the principles of Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.5th Principle from the 12 Principles Behind the…

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Happiness, A Key Component of Agile by Jeremy Webb

Happiness, A Key Component of Agile

Check out the video below of Jeremy Webb presenting on "Happiness, A Key Component of Agile" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Jeremy shares how modern research has revealed a great deal about what makes us happy and how that relates to our personal and professional lives. As we learn more, we are discovering…

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Kanban and the Power of Distributed Cognition by Trent Hone

Kanban and the Power of Distributed Cognition

Check out the video below of Trent Hone presenting on "Kanban and the Power of Distributed Cognition" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Trent explores how Kanban is a powerful tool. Like all tools, it has the potential to influence the way we think and how we approach our problems. Successful implementations reduce friction,…

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Building High Performing Teams

What is a Self-organizing Team?

Before we look into self-organizing teams, let's first take a look at common misconceptions about teams, self-organization and self-management. It’s common thought that if you bring a group of people together, they will form a team. However, that is just a group and not a team. Simply giving a group a name or having them work…

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Why Agile is Failing in Large Enterprises by Mike Cottmeyer

Why Agile Is Failing in Large Enterprises

Check out the video below of Mike Coottmeyer presenting on "Why Agile is Failing in Large Enterprises" at Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Mike explores why so many large-scale agile transformations are struggling. Some have failed. Others can’t figure out why things aren't working after multiple attempts. It’s easy to blame the people, the process,…

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Read more about the article The Agile Leader: The Inner and the Outer Game: Knowing, Doing, Being
The Agile Leader by Michael Hamman

The Agile Leader: The Inner and the Outer Game: Knowing, Doing, Being

Check out the video below of Michael Hamman presenting on "The Agile Leader: The Inner and the Outer Game: Knowing, Doing, Being" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Michael explores a holistic framework for both understanding the role of the Agile Leader and appreciating what the Agile Leader needs to Know, Do and Be…

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Read more about the article Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

Check out the video below of Jeff Sutherland presenting on "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time" at the Washington DC Scrum User Group (DCSUG). Jeff shares how Scrum is reshaping how the Department of Defense does business and fights wars, how the FBI tracks criminals, and how Treasury finds deadbeat…

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