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Beautiful Teams
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Beautiful Teams

by Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
March 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
18h 28m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Conclusion

The productivity project was fortunate to have a number of the features that distinguish successful from unsuccessful software projects: top management support, capable and enthusiastic team members, realistic budgets and schedules, concurrent requirements and solution development, and iterative development. However, many projects have had all of those factors, but have fallen short of having a beautiful team experience. In comparing the productivity project with some of these other projects, we would say that some of the key beautiful team enablers were:

  • Identifying and involving all of the success-critical stakeholders

  • A lot of work upfront on listening, exploring, and team building

  • Developing a shared vision for the product and its results

  • Identifying a manager with an open mind and good listening and team building skills

  • Encouraging creative ideas from outside and within

  • Paying attention and addressing the team's needs

  • Respectfully redeploying incompatible performers

  • Negotiating win-win resolutions of stakeholder conflicts

  • Carefully monitoring progress and proactively addressing win-lose threats

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ISBN: 9780596801885Catalog PageErrata