Self-selection to create a true-self organization

There will undoubtedly be some challenges in an Agile transformation, regardless of size. One of those is how to reorganize the teams around the work that we have to do while fitting into the template of small, cross-functional units that can operate both independently and interdependently.

As teams grow in size, and we have multiple teams working on various inter-related products or parts of a product, it gets harder for leadership to work out who goes where and be best placed to solve the challenges we have.

Many people will be affected by the decisions that leaders make as to how the company is going be organized from here on out. There is a degree of powerlessness that everyone at the ...

Get The Agile Developer's Handbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.