http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/02/question-7-2-5-9-or-11-agile-may-give-you-a-surprising-answer/ Adopt, Scale and Succeed with Agile Development Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/02/question-7-2-5-9-or-11-agile-may-give-you-a-surprising-answer/#comment-141 Jean Tabaka Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:22:22 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=375#comment-141 Thanks for this comment, Steve. I too have worked on both superadditive and subadditive teams. That really describes them! And yes, sometimes, removing one or two non-collaborative members can actually make the team more productive. Though the people may be smart, heroic, productive, they can ultimately make for a subadditive team. Thanks for this comment, Steve. I too have worked on both superadditive and subadditive teams. That really describes them! And yes, sometimes, removing one or two non-collaborative members can actually make the team more productive. Though the people may be smart, heroic, productive, they can ultimately make for a subadditive team.

]]> http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/02/question-7-2-5-9-or-11-agile-may-give-you-a-surprising-answer/#comment-54 How to Viral-Spread Agile on a Large Scale « The Agile Executive Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:38:58 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=375#comment-54 [...] Collaborative Leadership in the Experience section of the Accelinnova web site.  See Jean Tabaka’s note and Michael Cote’s note for complementary opinions  on collaboration, organizational [...] [...] Collaborative Leadership in the Experience section of the Accelinnova web site.  See Jean Tabaka’s note and Michael Cote’s note for complementary opinions  on collaboration, organizational [...]

]]> http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2009/02/question-7-2-5-9-or-11-agile-may-give-you-a-surprising-answer/#comment-19 Steve Fisher Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:39:33 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=375#comment-19 A system in which 7+2 = 11 would be called "superadditive." Contrariwise, one in which 7+2 = 5 would be "subadditive." I've worked in both super- and sub- additive teams. The superadditives just seem to click. The subadditives nearly always have a couple of bad apples that drag the team into subadditivity. In this case,if you subtract those two, you might get 7-2 = 7. A system in which 7+2 = 11 would be called “superadditive.” Contrariwise, one in which 7+2 = 5 would be “subadditive.” I’ve worked in both super- and sub- additive teams. The superadditives just seem to click. The subadditives nearly always have a couple of bad apples that drag the team into subadditivity. In this case,if you subtract those two, you might get 7-2 = 7.

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