From the course: Agile Challenges Weekly Tips

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We don't have needed skills

We don't have needed skills

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We don't have needed skills

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- I've been in the situation before where my Scrum Team was assigned a project, and then a decision was made to use a different technology to complete the work. Let me tell you, nothing takes the wind out of your team's sails, faster than being assigned work, they're not capable of completing. In this situation, where there's a lack of skill set across the team, there are a couple of approaches you can take. First, work with your team member's manager to determine whether there are any experts in the company, that your team can rely on. Ideally, if there's already a local expert, this person would be able to join your team as a full-time member. That may not be possible, so the next option is negotiation. You'll need to negotiate with the manager about adding the individual to the team, to help them learn the new technology. This is a short-term fix, that's meant to help your existing team learn this new technology or skill. Depending on the level of need, pair programming for a few…

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