An organization is producing a product using a hybrid approach with several phases. Some of the phases are planned to be executed in predictive and some in agile. During the agile phase, the project manager notices that the team members sometimes unknowingly work on the same task.
What should the project manager do?
In an agile environment, teams are self-organizing, which means that team members are responsible for managing their own tasks and ensuring that their work is coordinated. Therefore, the project manager should verify that the team members have clearly communicated their task assignments among themselves. This reinforces the self-organizing principle and fosters better coordination and responsibility within the team.
This approach encourages the team to take responsibility for their tasks and improves communication within the team, which is a fundamental aspect of agile practices. On the other hand, The product owner is responsible for the product backlog and ensuring the team works on the right tasks to deliver value, but they typically do not assign tasks directly to team members.
Agile team is self-organizing
Manifesto Agile: Self-organizing teams choose how best to accomplish their work