Most software delivery models are designed around ‘stable, long-lived teams’. Most agile methods embrace this as a core assumption, with the possible exception of Team Topologies' short-lived ‘enabling teams’.
What if we turn this model on its head? Each quarter, the entire programme team, anything from 20 to 200 people, reorganise themselves based on the expected demand for the next quarter. Surely this is a recipe for chaos, confusion and disaster?
This session describes Demand-Led Planning, a model that has evolved over more than a decade, to optimise the people around the work. We discover why there is no need for teams to be either ‘stable’ or ‘long-lived’, and show how people can be more motivated, aligned and successful through regular re-teaming.
Daniel Terhorst-North uses his deep technical and operational knowledge to help business and technology leaders to optimise technology organisations. He puts people first and finds simple, pragmatic solutions to business and technical problems, often using lean and agile techniques.With over three decades in IT, Daniel has built a reputation as a speaker at international conferences on topics from...