{"id":28552,"date":"2020-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equalminds.eu\/insight\/developers-in-an-agile-team\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T00:00:00","slug":"developers-in-an-agile-team","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/equalminds.eu\/nl\/insight\/developers-in-an-agile-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers in Agile teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Developers in Agile teams<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"styled-subtitle\"><span style=\"color: #139be9;\">You can ask yourself the question: \u201cWhat\u2019s the difference between classic programmers and developers in Agile teams?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"styled-subtitle\">My two cents?<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>A classically schooled developer tries to know as much as possible about the development tool and tries to become experienced in his domain. But the functional and solution-solving aspect is often of less importance. He develops what they ask him to do.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;70&#8243;][gem_fullwidth container=&#8221;1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f0f3f2&#8243; padding_top=&#8221;100&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;80&#8243;]<div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_daa31667\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><strong>suitable solution<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;34&#8243;][gem_quote no_paddings=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_style=&#8221;1&#8243; quote_color=&#8221;#139be9&#8243;]What a huge difference with an agile minded developer! Let&#8217;s rock![\/gem_quote][gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;-5&#8243;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Of course, he too has the responsibility of delivering a <strong>suitable solution<\/strong> for the customer. But besides that, he needs to think along with the business in order to deliver the best-developed solution for their challenges. On top of that, he needs to be or become a T-shaped developer. That means that not only the development aspect is important, but in case there is a need, they should be able to help with testing too. Or even help the analyst or designers so that the missing of a certain profile does not become a bottleneck in the delivery of the solution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;24827&#8243; img_size=&#8221;576&#215;440&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/gem_fullwidth][gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;100&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-lg-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;24828&#8243; img_size=&#8221;576&#215;400&#8243;][gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_96fac97f\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"title-h4\">ENTHUSIASM<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;30&#8243;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>But what\u2019s most important, I think, is the motivational aspect of a developer. He should be really\u00a0<strong>enthusiastic<\/strong> about working in an agile team. It\u2019s better to exclude people who are not\u00a0<strong>willing to learn\u00a0<\/strong>how to work in an agile way within your team. They slow down the agile process and this can even result in a significant extra cost in delivering your solution. Be sure to have the right people on the team.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;37&#8243;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Of course, being motivated is not enough. They also need to understand the agile process that needs to be implemented. If it\u2019s Kanban, they need to understand how Kanban works. If it\u2019s about Scrum, they must know how Scrum works, and more importantly, they must know their role and responsibilities. And <strong>accept<\/strong>\u00a0them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;-25&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 vc_hidden-lg wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_4f535022 height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_6b7f8290\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;40&#8243;]<div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>A first step towards agile working could be training and even a certification. But there\u2019s more to it than that. As a scrum master\/coach, I suggest that you test your team members regularly on the knowledge that your team members have about the process.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>On many occasions, I experienced that people randomly sit together in an agile team, but often don\u2019t have the correct motivation. Or are missing information about their <strong>role and responsibilitie<\/strong>s. This concerns team members as well as product owners, and sometimes even scrum masters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>And last but not least, it\u2019s not only the team members that should understand their role and responsibilities. An even bigger challenge occurs when management does not understand the way an agile project works. So, also the management team needs adequate training to implement the agile principles. This could solve a number of problems many management teams struggle with. Think of budget, evaluations, delivery of strong solutions, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_single_image image=&#8221;24826&#8243; img_size=&#8221;576&#215;400&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>\u00a92019 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/krisvunckx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kris Vunckx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>[gem_divider margin_top=&#8221;20&#8243;]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the difference between programming the classic way or in an agile environment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28360,"template":"","categories":[21],"class_list":["post-28552","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-nl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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