Episode #38: Are Agile Teams Together Forever

By KnolShare | July 4, 2017

Bruce Tuckmans’s 1965 study of small group dynamics introduced the famous forming, storming, norming, and performing. In 1977, the fifth element of adjourning was added to capture the reality that teams disband and potentially form new teams.

Reteaming help us to share towers of knowledge and reduce the knowledge silos. It is also risk mitigation for information loss of people leaving the building and moving to other companies. Teams can be distributed and still reteam to ensure freshness in team members. My friend Heidi Helfand recently released her book titled “Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams” published on Lean Pub. This webinar will leverage concepts and knowledge gleaned from this book during our discussion.