Posts Tagged with "alignment"

#3: The team, not the individual, is the smallest unit in an organisation.

At least amongst those who "do the work" (in an engineering organisation, these being engineers, designers, and product managers — individual contributors), the smallest atomic unit of work is the team.Read more →

#3d: On team alignment.

Only when a team is aligned is it more than the sum of its parts. When you provide a team with multiple — and competing — aims, you incentivise the creation of sub-teams within. The benefits of an aligned team cannot come from a fractured team.Read more →

#3d2: Teams exist for goal alignment, not goal attainment.

Teams are beneficial but not necessary in enabling individuals to attain a goal. The individual, not the abstract concept of the team, does the work. And while collaboration and shared knowledge benefits goal attainment, these can occur outside team boundaries.Read more →

Reference #160: Peopleware

The purpose of a team is not goal attainment, but goal alignment.Read more →