In Practice: Team Building in Transition
Agile coach Nicole Belilos describes how a one-day liftoff that functioned as a team-building and alignment activity got a team up and running with a common vision. It helped team members align on an understanding of the work that needed to be done. You can adapt the alignment activities Nicole describes to team chartering as well.
A Late Start
I was working as an agile coach in a large company that had just started the transition from waterfall to agile. The project was about to start, and I had invited the entire team, the product owner, and some key stakeholders to attend a one-day liftoff.
When people gathered at 9 a.m., the atmosphere was a bit dull. The team members did not seem excited by the ...
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