Tips for Forming Your Agile Team

Although most people would enjoy working on any high-performing agile team, there are some things to look for when finding quality players.

Look for Generalists

Generalists do well on agile projects because agile requires people to follow through and own opportunities from end to end. For programmers, that means coders who can walk the entire stack (front end to back). For analysts and testers, that means being comfortable doing analysis and testing.

Generalists are also comfortable wearing many hats. They might be coding one day, doing analysis the next, and testing after that.

People Who Are Comfortable with Ambiguity

Not everything is going to be neat and tidy on an agile project. The requirements won’t ...

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