Troubleshooting
Explore how to troubleshoot common challenges in large Agile teams, including communication breakdowns, blame, and disengagement. Learn practical solutions like arranging quiet times, colocating teams, and questioning meeting effectiveness to restore trust and productivity. Understand strategies to encourage collaboration and maintain team cohesion for successful large project delivery.
Sometimes, we need to act quickly. For example, we might have a situation where a team is completely overwhelmed, one team stops talking to another team, or two teams start continuously blaming one another and are not able to work together anymore. In such situations, we face two difficult tasks: one is to look at the problem and see exactly what kind of problem it is, and the other is to solve the problem.
The first task is more difficult because it depends greatly on the team’s culture.
Problem signs
Here are some typical problem signs:
- Cynicism and sarcasm: Humor is a sign that everything is on track and that people are having fun doing their jobs. However, if the humor turns into sarcasm, this is a clear sign that the team does not jell and does not believe in what it is doing.
- Blame: This sign is much more obvious and, therefore, easier to spot and tackle.