The Executive Edition (5/15/22)

On teams, basketball, and Saville Row

On the Four Types of Teams:

I thought this was well-put from An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management:

A team is falling behind if each week their backlog is longer than it was the week before. Typically, people are working extremely hard but not making much progress, morale is low, and your users are vocally dissatisfied.
A team is treading w…