From the course: Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team

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Upskilling existing team members

Upskilling existing team members

- Existing team members may offer a ton of value for your new Agile team. Why is that? Well, remember, Agile work is centered on people and collaboration. Existing team members are already in tune with your organizational culture. They have established relationships and rapport with each other. All you need to do is to give them the skills for an Agile pivot. Here's how it's done. Let's say your team is designed to include product owner, scrum master, developers, marketing analyst, and finance analyst. You also have a group of executives overseeing Agile transformation, let's say your company president, COO, and CIO. All these roles will benefit from completing Agile basics or Agile fundamentals learning, team members and executives. Why is it necessary? Well, simple. While team members and executives alike share this learning, they established a shared understanding and baseline of Agile principles, Agile decision making, and how Agile teams function. Now let's look at role-specific…

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