Title :
Cowboys and Indians: Impacts of Cultural Diversity on Agile Teams
Author :
Aston, Janice ; Laroche, Lionel ; Meszaros, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Agile Perspective Inc., Calgary, AB
Abstract :
Underestimating the impacts of cultural diversity on your team can be disastrous, creating barriers and even team breakdown. Most leaders arenpsilat aware of the influences that cultural differences can have on team dynamics. These impacts can be even more pronounced on agile self organizing teams. This paper explores these differences and discusses how we addressed them.
Keywords :
team working; agile self organizing teams; cultural diversity; team dynamics; Australia; Collaborative work; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Electric breakdown; Employment; Global communication; Horses; North America; Organizing; Cultural Diversity; Dysfunction; Team Dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Agile, 2008. AGILE '08. Conference
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3321-6
DOI :
10.1109/Agile.2008.17