Leadership and Team Dynamics for a Successful Agile Organisational Culture

Agile Manifesto refers to Leadership and Team characteristics in three out of the twelve principles of Agile software. Clearly, the ‘people' in the organisation play a critical role in the success of Agile software development. Many studies have been done on the various aspects of the Leadership and Team characteristics in respect of the role, the behaviour, the process and the structure. While most of these studies are related to the role and behaviour aspects of the leadership and the teams, this chapter attempts to supplement them with those aspects that are related to structure, internal and external interfaces and interactions, to ensure that the Agile engagements are planned and executed successfully and consistently. The emphasis in this chapter is the Organisation Culture that must be conducive for sure success of Agile projects and Scrum teams.