How much autonomy should an agile team have?

hliyan
2 min readApr 1, 2020
The Creation of Adam — Michelangelo

I’ve been asked (and have asked) this question many times in the past. I’ve received (and given) various different answers at different points in time, none of which I have found satisfactory.

But recently, after working with two teams that for once, seem to “get it” (if you’re wondering “get what?”, please read this), I’ve boiled the answer down to this:

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hliyan

Designing and developing software for 20 years. Ex London Stock Exchange Group, Ex Sysco. Currently leading engineering at :Different. Views personal.