Five Agile Factors: Helping Self-management to Self-reflect

Don’t Forget to Breathe: A Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Practices in Agile Project Teams

“…However, while the popularity of agile methods is continuously rising, establishing the right team atmosphere and leadership approach remains a challenge [27,28]. Especially in situations of increased speed and competition, agile teams are experimenting with practices to counter the loss of focus [29].…”

“…Self-managing teams are considered to be one of the corner stones of agility, yet they are difficult to establish [28]. The five dimensions of agile teamwork, such as shared leadership, team orientation, redundancy, learning and autonomy [28,40] require shared decision making and the ability to listen to each other and understand each others opinions, as supported by the breathing exercise.…”

“…Self-managing teams are considered to be one of the corner stones of agility, yet they are difficult to establish [28]. The five dimensions of agile teamwork, such as shared leadership, team orientation, redundancy, learning and autonomy [28,40] require shared decision making and the ability to listen to each other and understand each others opinions, as supported by the breathing exercise. Further, similarly to what McAvoy et al [30] call 'Doing' Agile vs. 'Being' Agile, our experiences with the trial indicate that the exercise could help build up mindful behaviour, which helps the team understand agility and agile practices in context rather than blindly following them.…”

“…From Porthouse and Dulewicz [38] we know that emotional leadership competencies are more important in agile project teams compared to traditional project teams. Also shared leadership is an integral aspect of agile teams and can be difficult to acquire [28]. Implementation.…”

Inter-team Coordination in Large-Scale Agile Development: A Case Study of Three Enabling Mechanisms

“…The components are found in almost all teamwork taxonomies: team leadership, mutual performance monitoring, backup behaviour, adaptability, and team orientation. While the five components have been previously used to understand teamwork in agile teams elsewhere [27,28], in this paper we will focus on the coordination mechanisms. According to Salas et al [6], the coordinating mechanisms fuse the values of the five components.…”