Team (Project) Success Factors

Slide from the Agile training deck:

Success criteria for self-organizing teams:

Small team (7 +/- 2 including PO)
Dedicated team (100%)
Clear mission
Short timeframe
Proper leadership
Necessary skills
- Business Systems Analyst
- Tester
- Developer
- Data Designer/DBA
- Project Manager
Good understanding of customer needs (from one or more in the team)
Assured of getting needed resources
Empowered to take action
Basic disciplines in place
Relatively few dependencies that are difficult to make work (eg, dependent on one or more outside groups)

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