February 2022 - Beyond the Team of Teams: a Research Based Approach to Scaling

[Aki Namioka]

February 2022 BeyondAgile

This talk takes a research based AND framework neutral perspective when considering what the essential elements of scaling teams are. Rather than considering dogma, what if we asked, “Is there experimental evidence to support this idea? What does it say?” With this in mind, we will explore the experimental research related to:

• Conway’s Law & the Mirroring Hypothesis
• Dunbar’s Number
• Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety

This leads to some interesting insights and challenges many of our assumptions regarding what we hold true about how scaling works.Tom PerryBio
Tom has worked as a transformation agent in software development for over 20 years. He has worked on teams at startup companies, large corporations in the Fortune 100 and the State and Federal Government. His background includes testing, development, project/program management, agile coaching/mentoring and training. As part of his involvement in the greater agile community, he led the Seattle Eastside chapter of the APLN as well as creating the Agile Management Northwest conference in Seattle. He is a speaker and author on Agile topics in local and international forums. He wrote “The Little Book of Impediments” which can be found on www.leanpub.com.
You can find out more about his consulting company at www.thomasperryllc.com or follow him on twitter @tlperry

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