Set Up Your Teams

A team is a group of people that work on:

• Products or product lines — A deliverable or set of deliverables that are sold to customers
• Projects — A temporary endeavor undertaken to achieve or support a specific product, service or result
• Programs — An organization construct that allows paired projects and releases to be grouped into a single unit for tracking and reporting purposes
• Initiatives — A strategic, high-level goal that compels work in one or more teams, products, or project

How a team is defined in your organization depends on the size of your organization. If your organization is relatively small or simple, you probably need only one team or one team for each area:

If your organization is larger and more complex, you may have multiple teams working on your projects, products, programs, and initiatives.

Depending on a user's skillset and schedule for an iteration, it is also possible to have one user on more than one team.

Best practices

Rally does not recommend putting one user on multiple teams as it can negatively impact productivity.

Whenever possible, keep teams together after starting new initiatives or projects, as in the agile-recommended practice form, storm, and perform.