Ring-fence the Chaos - When Technical Teams Meet Organisational Systems

Explore strategies for optimizing technical team structures, workflows, and organizational systems in this 42-minute conference talk from NDC Conferences. Analyze workplace dynamics to enhance happiness and efficiency in technical delivery, addressing challenges such as inter-team dependencies, bottlenecks, forecasting, resourcing, and knowledge retention. Learn to evaluate team configurations, select appropriate project management methodologies, and drive purposeful organizational change. Discover real-world examples and practical approaches to tackle organizational constraints, adapt to varying service levels, and improve overall team performance. Gain insights applicable to both technical and non-technical audiences interested in enhancing team and organizational efficiencies.

Introduction
What motivated this talk
A story
The process
How to know if youre a bottleneck
Measuring efficiency
Policies and processes
When can we start
One person unavailable
Resourcing
Team Configuration
Friction
Systems
Breaking away from old systems
Ruffled feathers
Team maturity
Waterfall
Maturity
Scrum
Mature Teams
Interdependency
Ringfence the Chaos
Summary