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Every Time a Person Leaves or Joins a Team

https://twitter.com/berndschiffer/status/992045994941464578

https://twitter.com/berndschiffer/status/992045994941464578

All of my agile teams have team or working agreements in place. I find them useful for setting expectations and holding the teams accountable. But as Bernd astutely observes, it’s not a set it and walk away deal. Because as the team shifts, so should the team agreement.

I like to set a quarterly reminder to review the working agreements, but if anybody leaves/joins the team, then we also review it. If we try something different from a retrospective and like it, that also gets added.

These constant reminders make it a seamless part of our workflow, and less of a surprise every time we pull it up to review.