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?
Stable Teams Really Do Matter
How Escape Rooms Teach About Teams
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
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Mark Levison has been helping Scrum teams and organizations with Agile, Scrum and Kanban style approaches since 2001. From certified scrum master training to custom Agile courses, he has helped well over 8,000 individuals, earning him respect and top rated reviews as one of the pioneers within the industry, as well as a raft of certifications from the ScrumAlliance. Mark has been a speaker at various Agile Conferences for more than 20 years, and is a published Scrum author with eBooks as well as articles on InfoQ.com, ScrumAlliance.org an AgileAlliance.org.
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