Model: workgroup vs team
December 8th, 2020
I make the distinction between a team a a workgroup.
For many team means
people I work with
people who work on the same thing
people who report to the same manager
I call all that a workgroup
To call it a 'real' team, I need the following aspects:
we take decisions together
we want to collaborate on tasks
we share ownership of everything we do
Indications of a non-team workgroup:
naming components after people
don't conclude discussions into group decision, letting the person who picks up the task decide
decide on design / architecture without involving the team
never / rarely do a retrospective
no code reviews or pairing