program selection system

This session describes how a large scale team transitioning from Waterfall to Agile while going through all phases of Tuckman’s model non-linearly. Non-linear transitions is a key for the management to realize in order to help the team reach the next level quicker. I present the issues we encountered, lessons we learned, and how we coped with difficult situations in each of the four phases of the Tuckman’s Model of team development.

In recent years Agile software development has become an emerging methodology in the software development industry. After two years of breaking through barrier after barrier, our organization adapted Agile successfully. It is not a trivial task.

Through my experiences as a developer and part-time Scrum Master for the Enterprise Architecture team, I was able to observe the interactions between people implementing various techniques to bring the performing team to the next level. The teams in our department were able to reach most of the four phases of the Tuckman’s Model for team development – Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.