An article by Jutta Eckstein and John Buck on hot topic of cross-functional teams. If you start with Agile, one of the first things you typically do is come up with a team. And yes of course, the team will be cross-functional. But what’s actually meant by cross-functionality?
If you check with the Agile Fluency™ Model, this is the first shift for your Agile journey and is called the “Team Culture Shift”.
Some other shifts mentioned in the article:
- Teams skills shift
- Organizational structure shift
- Organizational culture shift
What about real cross-functional teams? This means that the whole team has full business expertise, knows the market, can even disrupt the market, and isn’t waiting for some person (e.g. the Product Owner) to decide on priorities.
If you are thinking of implementing company-wide agility, the expertise of real cross-functional teams’ spans beyond software and comprehends the whole value stream.
Interesting read for anybody interested in Agile or digital transformation. Well recommended!
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