Given at Agile 2017

1. leanpub.com/
dynamicreteaming/
@heidihelfand
heidi.helfand@gmail.com
heidihelfand.com

2. Stand up - Find a partner
What is your experience with team
change? How has it gone?
What are you here to learn?

3. WHY RETEAMING?

4. AT THE INCUBATOR

5. F
WE MOVED TO OUR OWN OFFICE

6. THEN GOT ANOTHER OFFICE

8. AND WE GREW

9. AND GREW

10. AND GREWAND GREW

11. FROM 10 TO 600

13. FROM 15 TO 700

14. Heidi Helfand
Director, Engineering
Excellence
@heidihelfand
heidi.helfand@procore.com

15. “KEEP TEAMS STABLE FOR PREDICTABILITY”
-Scrum PLoP
Kai Schreiber, Nao robot demo, Jaume University.

16. TEAM CHANGE
IS REAL. IT’S
INEVITABLE.
@heidihelfand

17. TEAM CHANGE
IS REAL.
@heidihelfand
IT ONLY TAKES 1 PERSON
TO HAVE A NEW TEAM

18. ONE PERSON CHANGES
THE TEAM DYNAMIC
@heidihelfand

20. DYNAMIC RETEAMING

21. “Stories are
data with a
soul.”
-Brene Brown

22. 35 People, 35 Hours
25+ PATTERNS & STORIES
@heidihelfand

23. Why do teams change?
1. For sustainability & resiliency
2. New work drives the change
3. Company growth
4. Company attrition
5. People want to learn something
new or seek fulfillment

24. 1. FOR SUSTAINABILITY
& RESILIENCY
Why Do Teams Change?

25. ANTIPATTERN: TOWERS OF KNOWLEDGE

26. PAIRING FOR RESILIENCY & SUSTAINABILITY

27. TEAM CHANGE
IS REAL.
@heidihelfand
RETEAMING AT
THE EDGES

28. FLEXIBLE, ADAPTIVE TEAMS
https://www.glassdoor.com/Photos/Pivotal-Office-Photos-E687287.htm

29. NOMAD TO SHARE EXPERTISE ACROSS TEAMS

30. 2. NEW WORK DRIVES
THE CHANGE
Why Do Teams Change?

31. @heidihelfand
RETEAMING INTO A
“NEW TEAM”

32. PATTERN: FORM TEAMS AROUND WORK

33. Tiger Teams

34. THE PERCENTAGE ANTIPATTERN
25%
PROJECT B
10%
PROJECT A
20%
PROJECT E
30%
PROJECT C
30%
PROJECT D

35. BENEFICIAL SILOING OF TEAMS

36. MERGE TEAMS TO TACKLE WORK

37. RETEAMING IS
INEVITABLE.
YOU MIGHT AS
WELL GET
GOOD AT IT.
-Nayan Hajartwala
@heidihelfand

38. A “NEW” TEAM
…that just met

39. A “NEW” TEAM
…that already knows
each other

40. THE “NEW” TEAM
HOW CAN YOU..
- ENCOURAGE YOUR NEW TEAM TO GEL?
-HELP THEM ALIGN ON THEIR WORK?
&
WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF
THEY ALREADY KNEW EACH OTHER?

41. GO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OTHER
POSTERS.
ADD IDEAS TO YOUR POSTER
GALLERY WALK

43. 3. PEOPLE WANT TO
LEARN SOMETHING
NEW OR SEEK
FULFILLMENT
Why Do Teams Change?

44. TEAM CHANGE
IS REAL.
@heidihelfand
RETEAMING AT
THE EDGES

45. I’m so
sick of
this guy

46. CHANGE TEAMS TO LEARN

47. TRADING PLACES IN THE MOBS

48. RE-ROLE TO AVOID CAREER
STAGNATION

49. PURSUE GEEK JOY
-Geek Joy coined by Mike (Geepaw) Hill

50. READ THE EMOTIONAL FIELD

51. ONE ON ONES

52. SURVEY PEOPLE

53. 4. COMPANY GROWTH
Why Do Teams Change?

54. LARGER SCALE RETEAMING
MITOSIS PATTERN
@heidihelfand

55. TEAM IDENTITY

56. BREAKING THE FELLOWSHIP

57. SPLITTING IN THIRDS

58. MENTORS HELP!BOOTCAMPS

59. MITOSIS PATTERN
@heidihelfand
RETEAMING AT THE EDGES
ADD NEW PEOPLE ACROSS EXISTING TEAMS

60. 5. COMPANY ATTRITION
Why Do Teams Change?

61. PEOPLE WILL LEAVE

62. SOME GET PARTIES

63. SOMETIMES WE’RE GLAD THEY’RE GONE
BUT THEY STILL HAUNT US

64. IT CAN BE A HUGE LOSS

65. ANTIPATTERN: DISAPPEARING TEAM MEMBERS

66. TEAM CHANGE
IS REAL.
@heidihelfand
RETEAMING AT
THE EDGES

67. I’d like to invite one
person from each table to
move to a different table.
RETEAMING AT
THE EDGES

68. WRITE ON YOUR POSTER
HOW CAN YOU..
-HELP THE NEW PERSON FEEL LIKE THEY
BELONG?
-HELP THE NEW PERSON LEARN THE WORK?
-SUPPORT THE TEAM WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES?
RETEAMING AT
THE EDGES

69. MENTORS/BUDDIES

70. GET TO KNOW YOU LUNCH
“GTNY”

71. LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
BE INCLUSIVE OF REMOTEES

72. REVIEW INNER/OUTER ROLES

73. GENERAL TIPS
TO MAKE
RETEAMING
EASIER

74. PAIR PROGRAMMING

75. MOB PROGRAMMING

76. OVERCOMMUNICATE
UPCOMING TEAM CHANGES
7 times!
-Patrick Lencioni,
The Advantage

77. LET PEOPLE CHOOSE TEAMS

78. BUILD COMMUNITY

79. INVEST IN TEAM COACHING

80. TEAM COACHES…
• CONFIRM MEMBERSHIP/ROLES
• HELP DESIGN TEAM ALLIANCES
• FACILITATE WORK CHARTERING
• CREATE/VISUALIZE WORKFLOWS
• TEACH HOW TO BENCHMARK
EXCELLENCE
• HELP DEVELOP SELF AWARENESS &
EXPERIMENTATION TO GET BETTER

82. Based on what you
learned, what’s one action
you’re going to take now?
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR

83. Free book code!
leanpub.com/
dynamicreteaming/
c/agile2017
@heidihelfand
heidi.helfand@gmail.com
heidihelfand.com