Mauna Kea – Work Mauna Kea in Hawaii is probably less popular and touristy than Mount Fuji and it’s already 4000 meters high, so we’ll start feeling the lack of oxygen. When a self-organized team climbs up here we can expect they’ll have to deal with work-related decisions, so we call this one this the “work mountain”. Execution decisions While in Mount Fuji we saw how a team could decide among them who would do what, in this step we find how a team performs their tasks, meaning what solution to choose and apply to a given problem. Our experience … Continue reading Peak 2: Mauna Kea – Climbing the Self Management Mountain Range

Mount Fuji – Coordination The first peak in this model is Mount Fuji, with its 3776 meters. If you’ve been there you may have noticed that it’s a pretty touristy place. In fact you can find experienced climbers but also totally inexperienced people who get there by bus. We associate this mount with coordination, the first stage of self organisation in this model. This is when a team starts to self organize, which usually in our experience comes in the following forms. Task distribution Teams that are new to self organization usually follow Scrum or Kanban rules and visualize their work … Continue reading Peak 1: Mount Fuji – Climbing the Self Management Mountain Range