Self-organising teams are self-directed about the "what" and "how" of their work. They have the right skills and have been empowered to define their own goals, determine priorities, decide how they interact internally, define their own internal processes, and how they get the job done, all without reliance or direction from an external actor or entity.
In Agile organisations, the effort is foster a culture and structure where self-organisation can happen. Similarly in the context of Scrum framework, the intention is to have small self-organising (self-managing) teams which are cross-functional.
Its origins: Self-organisation is a well-define well-known property of many complex social, biological, and cognitive systems. It's discovery dates back to 1600s (so a bit older than Agile and Scrum!)
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