Helfand H. Dynamic Reteaming...of Changing Team 2ed 2020

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Your team will change whether you like it or not. People will come and go. Your company might double in size or even be acquired. In this practical book, author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively. Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos.
Based on research into well-known software companies, the patterns in this book help CTOs and team managers effectively integrate new hires into an existing team, manage a team that has lost members, or deal with unexpected change. You'll learn how to isolate teams for focused innovation, rotate team members for knowledge sharing, break through organizational apathy, and more.
In Part I you will discover some background information on dynamic reteaming. This includes the evolution of teams, basic definitions to get an understanding of teams, and the power and politics involved in dynamic reteaming. I also detail why you might consider deliberate forms of reteaming in your company to reduce risk and to promote sustainability.
Part II gets into specific reteaming patterns and stories. These “transformations” show up as five base dynamic reteaming patterns: one by one, grow and split, isolation, merging, and switching. I also include a discussion of what I consider to be anti-patterns for reteaming.
Part III includes more practical ideas for how you can make things easier before, during, and after your reteaming. I’ll share how to design and prime your company for reteaming so when it happens later, it’s easier. I’ll also share my favorite tools for planning large-scale reteaming initiatives and explain how to run calibration sessions to get your teams up and running after they change