How Agile Team Members Are Similar

Your agile team is unique. That said, successful agile team members tend to exhibit these interpersonal qualities:

• Team members collaborate with each other.
• Team members can ask each other for help.
• Team members are adaptable, willing to work on whatever is next and possibly outside of their expertise.

In addition, many agile team members exhibit these preferences:

• Do something good enough for now (as opposed to waiting for perfection).

• Create experiments to try something and receive feedback on the product or the team’s process.

• Be willing to work outside their preferences as a generalizing specialist to help the entire team deliver.

When team members and teams exhibit these qualities and preferences, they are able to persevere. They have the courage to try something and to continue their work even when the work is quite difficult. They are able to set long-term goals and persevere to achieve them, one small step at a time.