5. Building Teams

The ability to build great teams is one of the most important competences the great ScrumMaster has to have. The following concepts will give you a better idea of how to differentiate great teams from teams that are just OK, how to improve dysfunctional teams, and how to create an environment where teams can grow and become great.

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Tuckman’s Group Development

One of the classical theories of team development is Tuckman’s model of the stages of group development [11]. Let’s look at how this theory applies to the Scrum environment. Imagine you’ve just started Agile transformation and are moving to Scrum. You’ve got a bunch of individuals ...

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