Organizing people around value
In software, successful Agile teams are fully autonomous. Similar to manufacturing, teams need to be organized around the flow of value to achieve the required levels of autonomy. For large organizations, this restructuring is substantially complex. Frameworks such as SAFe, Disciplined Agile (DA), and Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) suggest methods for restructuring teams aligned to flow.
The following diagram illustrates the concept of flow-centric teams:
Figure 12.7 – Flow-centric autonomous teams avoid external dependencies
As shown in the diagram, the work continuously flows through a software delivery pipeline, where teams are organized around those flows. A fully autonomous team must be self-sufficient without needing to reach out to external teams.
Organizing around value is a way to improve flow by breaking the power barriers of traditional organizations. Therefore, aligning to the flow of work significantly impacts...
