Developer wants to switch Scrum Team - how to handle this as SM
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?
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.
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.
@Ian Michell: good idea, I will look into that.
@Dhiraj Kumar: which Product Owner do you mean? The PO of the potentially receiving team or the team they want to leave?
The scrum master is the one who is responsible to decide whether to move the resource out or in. The scrum master first evaluate the team member's skillset, expertise, contribution to the project etc and make sure the project can be move smoothly without the resource. Need to have a team meeting and discuss about the same in the meeting and get the consent from the team members. Then update the stakeholders including the product owner and initiate a new resource request.