In his talk “Successful Collaboration in Agile Software Teams,” Martin Kropp lists the key factors for collaboration in agile software teams. (slides on slideshare)
For me the most important points were (slide 6):
“Agile collaboration is …
- Face-to-face
- Regular
- Often
- Informal
- Openly
- Under equals
- Focused
- Transparent
- Respectful
- Flexible
No is no “Agile by the Book.”
After that, he lists the usual pain points:
- Hidden leaders
- People sending assignments by email
- Meetings without purpose and goals
- Missing tools like chat, video conferencing
- Physical vs. the digital whiteboard (slide 18)
Modern technologies like large touchscreens will make things better (slide 23).
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