Succeeding with Agile

Create Coherence

The English word coherent comes from the Latin cohaerent, which means “sticking together.” I find “sticking together” a perfect description of what we want a team to do. We want a team stuck together in pursuit of a common goal for a project, and we want a team stuck together to overcome the challenges that face any team involved in a difficult pursuit. Many factors work against creating coherence within a distributed team: Language, culture, physical separation, and time zone differences are just a few. Because of this, it becomes particularly important for members of distributed teams to consciously strive to create coherence.