There are many traits of a team that can be fostered or part of their make-up. The speed of completing tasks accurately is one such trait. A team can focus on creating velocity by defining a proper level of risk and assessing the cost of mistakes.
The Weakest Link
We look at some analogies to build a case for pushing your entire team to accept some level of risk. This can be instrumental in avoiding analysis paralysis and generally getting decisions made sooner. Thus, we see that creating velocity is a direct result of shortening the decision process.
Individual team members can contribute to creating velocity. However, there is a lot of the team dynamics and the general environment that are even more significant contributors. You can foster speed in team members that are not naturally wired that way or squash the natural leanings of aggressive members. These sort of steps can pay off with any team and help you find success in a broad range of situations.
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Slide Deck: Team Velocity
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