Cross Functional Team | Glossary

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Definition

Cross-functional teams involve a distribution of varied skill sets across different team members, in order to build a synchronicity and rhythm of workflow that helps it being more efficient and solve problems faster. A Cross- Functional team should ideally be self-organizing.

It is a sensible approach to allow the team to discover the optimum way to do their job and overcome obstacles. It does not however allow everyone to do every task at all time, nor does it allow for the restrictions of specializations. Skills do not have to homogeneously distributed.

Further Reading

  • “Agile Project Management”(book), by Jim Highsmith.

Agile Project Management for Beginners: Mastering the Basics with Scrum | Book Series

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Overview:

We see that the approach of Agile Project Management is gaining  popularity day-by-day, because it reaps better results in very less time compared to old methods. This book gives you a brief summation on how today’s business economy is driven by the requirement of customer satisfaction and new products, and how Agile helps companies to adjust with the changing demands and development processes.

This book is written for the beginners, which explains the concepts of Agile and fundamentals, and incorporating the Scrum framework that fits in the company’s context. The first half of the book, gives in-depth analysis of Agile Manifesto, theoretically and practically. The second half of the book gives step-by-step approach of how to apply Scrum, and Agile methods in a very simple manner. This book gives a real inspiration for the Entrepreneurs of Startups and large companies.  It’s a must read!

Authors:

Bryan Mathis

Published In:

2013