The optimal mode of organization in agile contexts, according to AgilePrinciples.
A comparatively little-discussed practice of agile processes.
The subject of a workshop at XpTwoThousandAndFour; see http://selforganizingteams.com/ or the CFP below.
Call for Participation: "Be empowered (that's an order)"
A workshop on self-organizing teams
June 6, 2004
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Part of XP2004 Conference
Workshop Wiki:
Workshop description:
Background
"The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self- organizing teams," argues the Agile Manifesto.
Yet the opposite principle is built into the corporate model of collaboration: "someone has to be boss" - sometimes to the extent of attempting to mandate self-organization! Self-organization cannot be decreed from above, but conditions can be created which favor it; one such condition is that team members have experience with and can recognize self-organization. Drawing on lessons from the theatre, this workshop will provide just such an experience, as well as explore the conditions of self-organization.
Objectives
Participants and presenters will
- learn about the conditions under which self-organization can be expected
- experience achieving a purpose without the need for a leader's direction
- generalize and extract insights from their own and each other's experience
- have fun!
Submissions and participation
Workshop attendance is limited to 20 participants, on a first-come, first-served basis. To attend, simply list your name on the workshop Wiki, within that limit.
Participants are invited to submit a position paper in the form of a page on the workshop Wiki, however this is not a requirement for attendance. Our intent is to have the Wiki support a pre-workshop conversation to identify issues of interest.
Organizers
LaurentBossavit (Exoftware)
EmmanuelGaillot (Independent)