Epic Team

23 HARD QUESTIONS TO TURN YOUR ORDINARY TEAM INTO AN EPIC TEAM EPIC TEAM FORMATION: CREATE BALANCE AND CLARITY Is my team a good mix of personalities? Goals? Experiences? Is the team energized by the mission and purpose of the project? Do I have too many of the same kind of expert? Does my team know who is responsible for what? (CLEAR, FREQUENT COMMUNICATION MAINTAINS URGENCY AND MOMENTUM) EPIC TEAM FOUNDATION: GO FAST - USE LOTS OF DATA Do we know who the customer is? The value we bring? Is our data valid and reliable? Are we working in short but complete development cycles? Do we reset after each cycle? Using what we learned to work smarter in the next? What's our driver: Scope? Schedule? Or Budget? (80:20 RULE IS CALLED A RULE FOR A REASON ... USE IT TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT QUICKLY) EPIC TEAM FUNCTION: FOCUS ON CREATING VALUE .. QUICKLY Are we working on the most important thing first? Are we building Is the team able to focus traction and momentum? on its mission? Are we using meetings to extend and refine ideas (not to generate them)? Does the team connect socially outside of work? (GOOD ENOUGH GENERALLY IS ... GO FAST AND ADAPT) EPIC TEAM FIXES: NOTHING WORTH DOING IS EASY In the face of a roadblock, do we .. remain optimistic? keep asking questions? avoid groupthink? acknowledge and work around our natural biases? ASK: WHAT DOES OUR CUSTOMER WANT? NEED? VALUE? (DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S YOUR FAULT ... IT'S YOURS TO FIX) EPIC TEAM CULTURE: START AT THE TOP Does the executive team collaborate? Is teamwork a corporate value? Do we teach collaboration, project management, and problem solving skills? TRUST YOUR TEAMMATES AND GIVE THEM REASON TO TRUST YOU KnowledgeWave International [email protected] 800.329.9159 // @KNOWLEDGEWAVE