Stable Teams
A stable team is one in which team membership doesn’t change often and, instead, is consistent over time. When team membership changes every few months, teams (Scrum, Kanban, XP or otherwise) struggle to: create Psychological Safety, maintain Predictability, stay focused on Product Vision, and grow their capability to Deliver. Stable teams isn’t a requirement of Scrum or Kanban, but its absence causes great harm.
Read: In Agile, Where Change is Valued, Why Is a Stable Team So Important?
Agile Pain Relief Blog Entries
Resource Links
- From project teams to stable agile teams
- How a Stable Team Grows in Capability
- The Importance of Keeping Teams Intact – HBR
- The importance of Stable Teams
- Projects and the Damage Done (hint unstable teams) - Should Agile teams be stable?
- Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?
- Stable Teams
- Pattern - Stable Teams - Predictability Edition
- Team Stability vs Personal Freedom