Chapter 2Meet Your Agile Team

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Agile teams are a different beast. On a typical agile project there are no predefined roles. Anyone can do anything. And yet among all the chaos, confusion, and lack of formal hierarchy, high-performing agile teams somehow seem to regularly produce quality software.

In this chapter, we are going to take a close look at what makes the agile team tick. We’ll look at characteristics of good agile teams, how agile teams are different, and some tips on how to find quality players.

By the end of the chapter, you’ll know what a typical agile team looks like, how to form your own, and what they need to know before riding ...

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