Collaboration & Team Dynamics
Agile is built on human collaboration. These principles highlight the group dynamics, expectations, and interpersonal patterns that shape how teams form, perform, and evolve. By applying them, teams build trust, reduce friction, and navigate the messy, creative, and rewarding nature of collective work.
Prime Directive
Psychological safety is foundational for team learning and improvement.
Tuckman's Ladder
Teams go through Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing stages.
Five Dysfunction of a Team
Teams struggle when trust, accountability, and shared results are weak.
Flexible Framework for Retrospectives
Structured flexibility improves the effectiveness of reflection.
2-Pizza Team Rule
Small teams reduce coordination overhead and improve agility.
Johari Window
Trust and self-awareness grow when individuals share openly and seek feedback.
Hackman's Law
A well-structured team with clear roles and autonomy performs better.
Prisoner's Dilemma
Short-term individual gains often conflict with long-term collective success.
Pygmalion Effect
High expectations lead to high performance.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Unmet basic needs can block team motivation, focus, and self-actualization.
Agile Mindeset Model
Mindset shapes how individuals and teams respond to change, uncertainty, and failure.
Ringelmann Effect
As team size increases, individual contributions decrease.
Dunbar's Number
The limit of stable social relationships is ~150 people.
Brooks' Law
"Adding more people to a late project makes it later."