Avoid the Agile Grind - Iterative team leadership

Agile can really burn people out with a never ending stream of sprints or iterations.  One way to keep people fresh without breaking the team is to rotate different people though the lead roles on a Program Increment / Planning basis.  This gives people the opportunity to both reach and recharge.

Program Level

We had had great success on a project over a 2 year period where the tech lead / for the Program Incremented rotated between three people.  This meant they could each do technical work 2/3 of the time while driving a PI the other 1/3.  It also made it possible for them to do some pre-planning while not trying to manage the current PI.

Team Level

This can also be done on a per sprint basis for intra-team responsibilities.  Story Grooming or product/technical preparation roles can be rotated every sprint.

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Don't Break the Team

This approach assumes that you can keep your teams together for some period of time and that you are not continually reorganizing.

Created 5/2020

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