The Self-Organizing Team

P = p - i

• DOES self organize around the challenges/boundaries/constraints put in place by management

Management

• DOES guide the evolution of the behaviours that emerge from the interaction of indenpendent agents
• DOES NOT specify in advance what effective behaviour is.
• but DOES know what effective behaviour is and lets the team realize it themselves
• DOES choose what product to build and who builds them.
• DOES come up with appropriate challenges and remove impediments (P=p-i)
• DOES NOT micromanage, does not say how to solve the challenges. (to allow self-organization to grow)
• DOES aim to reduce the constraints/constrols whenever possible (as the self-organization grows)

source: https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/the-role-of-leaders-on-a-self-organizing-team