Comments on: Crystal Clear - A Book on Small Teams http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bookmarks about Agile http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/#comment-2050 Bookmarks about Agile Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:15:15 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=537#comment-2050 [...] - bookmarked by 3 members originally found by muhh on 2008-11-20 Crystal Clear - A Book on Small Teams http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/ - [...] [...] - bookmarked by 3 members originally found by muhh on 2008-11-20 Crystal Clear - A Book on Small Teams http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/ - [...]

]]> By: Crystal Clear - A Book on Small Teams (pt. 2) | Agile Advice - Working With Agile Methods (Scrum, XP, Lean) http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/#comment-1930 Crystal Clear - A Book on Small Teams (pt. 2) | Agile Advice - Working With Agile Methods (Scrum, XP, Lean) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:45:38 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=537#comment-1930 [...] a book review on Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams by Alistair Cockburn. Check out the first part of my review. I have read Chapter 1 entitled Explained (View from the Outside). It was a very interesting chapter [...] [...] a book review on Crystal Clear: A Human-Powered Methodology for Small Teams by Alistair Cockburn. Check out the first part of my review. I have read Chapter 1 entitled Explained (View from the Outside). It was a very interesting chapter [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/07/04/bookreviews/crystal-clear-a-book-on-small-teams/#comment-1906 Jason Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:54:53 +0000 http://www.agileadvice.com/?p=537#comment-1906 The greatest thing I've learned from working on small teams is that one methodology doesn't fit all situations. I've been working for startups for the last 5 or 6 years and in each situation the teams have been small and responsible for multiple activities in the company from development to implementation and support. I am really interested in reading this book as I think I can relate quite a bit. As for your situation, not sure what your team dynamic is or what they are responsible for but we have tried applying Scrum principals such as using retrospectives to constantly measure and improve the processes we put in place to deal with rapid change and re-focus. This 'adhoc' method has worked but it feels like more organized (or partially organized) chaos. The benefit of course being the team is very 'Agile' but the biggest drawback being the team burns out quicker. The greatest thing I’ve learned from working on small teams is that one methodology doesn’t fit all situations. I’ve been working for startups for the last 5 or 6 years and in each situation the teams have been small and responsible for multiple activities in the company from development to implementation and support.

I am really interested in reading this book as I think I can relate quite a bit. As for your situation, not sure what your team dynamic is or what they are responsible for but we have tried applying Scrum principals such as using retrospectives to constantly measure and improve the processes we put in place to deal with rapid change and re-focus. This ‘adhoc’ method has worked but it feels like more organized (or partially organized) chaos. The benefit of course being the team is very ‘Agile’ but the biggest drawback being the team burns out quicker.

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