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Developer wants to switch Scrum Team - how to handle this as SM

Last post 07:29 am March 31, 2025 by Dhiraj Kumar
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Dorien Sauer
05:39 pm March 24, 2025

Hi,

there is a developer in one of my Scrum Teams, who would like to switch to my other Scrum Teams. 
I can understand their reasons for this change and I actually think this would be a better fit. 
How to go about this? Who do I, as a SM, inform, ask of otherwise include in this process?

Ian Mitchell
06:23 pm March 24, 2025

Why not encourage the Developers to self-organize in such a way that each team has no more than about 10 people or so, and all of the skills needed to build a Done increment of work?

Try arranging a bounded environment, such as a timeboxed workshop, with these rules in place, and facilitate it with this objective in mind.

Dhiraj Kumar
06:23 pm March 30, 2025

Have a one-on-one conversation with the developer to understand why they want to switch teams. Is it due to personal growth, conflicts, workload imbalance, or lack of engagement with the product?

Discuss with the Product Owner and other relevant managers to evaluate whether a switch is feasible and beneficial for both teams and the organization.

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