Decision Making in Agile Teams: The Key to High Performance

Agile teams are encouraged to act collaboratively and make decisions as a team. And yet, some decisions must occur outside of the full team's consensus. For example, business or product owners ultimately must set their value and priority decisions even though they need to negotiate with the delivery team. Jean Tabaka explores the variety of decision modes and roles that are required for agile teams while they still maintain a high degree of trust and safety. Learn why agile teams rely so heavily on good decision-making. Discover consensus-driven decision making--what it is and when it can be applied. Find out about other decision modes available to effective agile teams and the roles involved in making great decisions. Jean shares some practical tips on how agile teams can keep their meetings decisions- and results-focused. As a bonus, she offers "inspect and adapt" tools that your agile team can use to constantly improve their decision modes.