Team Dynamics & Continuous Improvement Flashcards
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A DA Coach is helping a distributed team struggling with collaboration. Which technique most directly addresses asynchronous communication challenges?
Answer: Establish a shared team wiki with lightweight async update protocols
A shared wiki with async update protocols allows distributed team members to stay aligned without requiring synchronous availability.
In Disciplined Agile, the 'Improve continuously' principle is best demonstrated by which team behavior?
Answer: Running an experiment each iteration to test one process improvement hypothesis
Running small, safe-to-fail experiments each iteration embodies evidence-based continuous improvement at the team level.
When a high-performing DA team experiences sudden member turnover, which action should the coach prioritize FIRST?
Answer: Re-establish psychological safety and revisit working agreements with the reconstituted team
Turnover resets team dynamics; re-establishing psychological safety and shared agreements accelerates the re-forming process.
Which DA practice helps teams identify and eliminate the BIGGEST source of waste in their process first?
Answer: Value stream mapping of the current workflow
Value stream mapping visualizes the entire workflow, making the largest waste or bottleneck immediately visible for targeted improvement.
A team member consistently dominates retrospectives, silencing quieter members. As a DA Coach, what is the BEST facilitation technique?
Answer: Use silent writing or dot-voting before discussion to surface all voices equally
Silent writing or dot-voting before open discussion ensures all team members can contribute ideas without being overshadowed by louder voices.
In DA, 'enterprise awareness' in the context of team dynamics means teams should:
Answer: Understand how their work and decisions impact other teams and the broader organization
Enterprise awareness means teams recognize their place in the larger organizational system and consider cross-team dependencies and impacts.
Which of the following best describes the role of a DA Coach when a team is in the 'Storming' phase?
Answer: Coach the team to surface conflicts constructively and develop conflict-resolution skills
A DA Coach helps teams navigate Storming by developing their own conflict-resolution capabilities rather than resolving conflicts for them.