Revisiting Agile Teams after an abrupt shift to Remote
McKinsey Insights | April 2020
Agile teams traditionally excel when their members are co-located. Here’s how to ensure they’re effective now that COVID-19 has forced them to work remotely.
Sustaining the people and culture of a remote agile team
– Revisit the norms and ground rules for interaction
– Cultivate bonding and morale
– Adapt coaching and development
Recalibrating remote agile processes
– Remote agile ceremonies come with unique challenges
Chart w/Scrum Ceremonies : Objectives, challenges for remote teams, solutions
– Establish a single source of truth
– Adjust to asynchronous collaboration
– Keep teams engaged during long ceremonies
– Adapting leadership approach
– Various approaches can help teams engage customers and external stakeholders
Chart w/Challenges ; Engaging purposefully, providing transparency, effective collaboration
Note: Article recommended by Bob Schatz, one my Scrum instructors.
Authors = Santiago Comella-Dorda, Lavkesh Garg, Suman Thareja, & Belkis Vasquez-McCall (McKinsey Insights, McKinsey & Company)