> Do these teams have no other identity than getting together and
> going to the same standup? Do they have a consistent "customer"
> or some consistent "theme" to their stories? Do they have a name,
> or a project name, or some kind of identity in the minds of people
> who might want to guide them or know what they are doing?
Assuming you're talking about our organization:
(If you're talking hypothetical, pick your own answers)
Consistant, yes. Fixed, no. Subject to change, Always,
created and destroyed on an irregular basis. Sure.
Sometimes they grow, sometimes they shrink.
Sometimes they merge, sometimes they split.
Sometimes they borrow people. Sometimes they have people to loan.
> You must have ten or more teams in the room, at a guess
Less than that but I really don't know how many at the moment.
> If I have a story card in my hand, how do I know which of
> those teams to give it to?
Pick one at random. We're adults. We'll point you to the right people.
> If I want to shift resources or focus from one of the company's
> goals to another, how do I do that, in terms of teams?
Tell us. We're adults. We'll work it out.
> If I want to know when something I care about is going to be done,
> or what if any obstacles are in the way, how do I know who to ask,
> or what thing on the wall to look at?
Ask someone. Anyone. It doesn't matter. We're adults. Trust us.
Remember that old shampoo commerical where everyone told
two friends and so on and so on and so on. Same thing. Ask
someone at random. They'll help you in the right direction. They
may not know they answer but they know who knows who does.
> But I'd like to know a lot more than I currently do to really
> understand how those ideas would work in an environment where,
> outside your walls, there are people with expectations for what
> they'll get in return for the money they're spending, and when
> they'll get it.
Interesting in that I feel Semco is such an enviroment.
> But information can't really flow freely in all 2^80 ways in the
> organization every day, it seems to me. There really needs to be
> some de facto understandable, if dynamic, structure for
> "the people" to work within, not pure random connectivity, it seems
> to me.
Why not? The net has similar connectivity and one thing leads to
another related thing. If I don't know I'll the person I think is
most likely to point me in the correct direction and they'll hyperlink
me to the person who is most likely to point me in the correct
direction and within about 20 yards and a couple minutes I'm talking
to the right person.
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