Every once in a while I stumble upon a facilitation tool that works so well I’m a little shocked. Recently I was helping several teams work together to create a backlog for their large project and I had a sneaking suspicion that the teams they had formed were not truly cross-functional. The trouble was, as an agile coach who had just parachuted in to do some training and coaching around their complex project, I didn’t absolutely *know* that they didn’t have cross-functional teams. Thankfully there were some stickers in the room, and my Red Dots of DEATH activity was born. The activity is amazingly simple, and quickly helps teams and organizations uncover for themselves if they have properly formed teams.

If your team is struggling to deliver value every sprint because your work is dependent on the work of people outside your immediate team, this episode is for you.

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