Chapter 3. Using Team Consultants to Optimize Team Performance

In The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge defined learning organizations as “organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to learn together” [SENGE]. Creating a team structure where people can grow their skills while accomplishing business goals is a challenge.

Data tells us that the best team sizes are between five and nine people, all of whom are fully dedicated to a project for the duration of the project, and who work together in a cross-functional way to deliver working software at the ...

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