I am seeing the magical number seven, plus or minus two, being misapplied to team sizes with increasing regularity. The frequent use of George Miller’s famous paper is often accompanied by a common misunderstanding. Lots of people are saying; “Your team should be between 5 and 9 people”, or “Teams should contain 7 people, plusContinue reading “The Magical Number Of Misunderstandings”
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World No Resources Day
Today (1st May) is World No Resources Day, a day intended to promote humanity in the workplace. On the official World No Resources Day website, the message is simple: “…please be careful not to use the word “resource” at work when referring to people. If you catch someone else doing this, please call them out.”Continue reading “World No Resources Day”
What are Self-Organising Teams?
If you have a background in a “traditional” software development methodology, such as Waterfall, you probably won’t have come across the concept of self-organising teams. I know development managers and project managers who baulk at the very phrase, but actually it makes a lot of sense when you think of it in different terms. TheContinue reading “What are Self-Organising Teams?”