TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK
Kevin Jones | Tech Lead
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Describe a team structure that you have found works well and why you think it was successful
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SUCCESSFUL TEAM TRAITS
MOTIVATED
Teams with a clear purpose, the autonomy to make decisions and to be masters of their crafts is the cooking pot for a great team culture.
CONTINUOUSLY
IMPROVING
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
High performing teams aren’t happy because they’re high performing, they’re high performing because they’re happy.
Pick a direction, improve something, measure result and do it again. Experimenting, and being willing to fail is how you optimise a teams value
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Search team owned value stream
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Enabler & supporting
sub-system teams
DACRO
Research
Principles
Vertical
aligned
product
teams
Leadership
team
InfoSec
- Deliver value with zero barriers
- Steady flow of features
- Rapid innovation, market competitiveness
- Aligned business and technology architecture
- Conways Law
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Optimised for communication
BUSINESS SUCCESS
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Long lived stable team
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Mini company
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Strong sense of ownership
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Strong sense of purpose
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Data driven decisions
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High confidence to experiment
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Well supported
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High team morale
TEAM SUCCESS
CONTINUOUSLY
IMPROVING
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
MOTIVATED
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By kevcjones
