Co-ordination
Dictionary Definition: the organization of the different elements of a complex body or activity so as to enable them to work together effectively.
The working definition I use: Pursuing individual success over team success, by staying well out of each other’s work. i.e. Team members working on separate user stories within the same iteration.
Symptoms at Stand ups:
- Many user stories in progress.
- Reporting their status to the ‘leader’, not the team.
- No interest in user stories that are not their own.
- No concern regarding delivery of user stories that are not their own.
Cooperation
Dictionary Definition: the action or process of working together to the same end.
The working definition I use: Pursuing team success, by working as individuals. i.e. Team members working on separate tasks within the same user story.
Symptoms at Stand ups:
- Few user stories in progress
- Present their information to the team.
- Asking questions about user stories that they are not working on.
- Interest in the delivery of user stories that they are not working on.
- Rushing to select the most interesting tasks for themselves.
- Rarely offering to assist each other.
Collaboration
Dictionary Definition: the action of working with someone to produce something.
The working definition I use: Pursuing team success, by working as one. i.e. Team members working on the same task within a user story. E.g. Test Scenario workshops, design workshops/sessions, pair programming, pair testing.
Symptoms at Stand ups:
- Few user stories in progress
- Present their information to the team.
- Regularly offering to assist each other, especially when a user story is at risk.
- Requesting the team input into selecting the next task that will best help the team achieve its goal.
- Regularly offering to pair with each other, and regular acceptance of those offers.
- Useful discussions often break out. It is sometimes hard to keep the stand up short because there is some much input and interest is effective plans and strategy.