Dynamic Reteaming

Your team will change whether you like it or not. People will come and go. Your company might double in size or even be acquired. In this practical book, author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively. Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos.

Based on research into well-known software companies, the patterns in this book help CTOs and team managers effectively integrate new hires into an existing team, manage a team that has lost members, or deal with unexpected change. You’ll learn how to isolate teams for focused innovation, rotate team members for knowledge sharing, break through organizational apathy, and more.

You’ll explore:

• Real-world examples that demonstrate why and how organizations reteam
• Five reteaming patterns: One by One, Grow and Split, Isolation, Merging, and Switching
• Tactics to help you master dynamic reteaming in your company
• Stories that demonstrate problems caused by reteaming anti-patterns

Table of Contents

Part I. What Is Dynamic Reteaming?

Chapter 1. The Evolution of Teams

Chapter 2. Understanding Teams

Chapter 3. The Power of Team Assignment

Chapter 4. Reduce Risk and Encourage Sustainability

Part II. Dynamic Reteaming Patterns

Chapter 5. One-by-One Pattern

Chapter 6. Grow-and-Split Pattern

Chapter 7. Isolation Pattern

Chapter 8. Merging Pattern

Chapter 9. Switching Pattern

Chapter 10. Anti-Patterns

Part Ill. Tactics for Mastering Dynamic Reteaming

Chapter 11. Adapt Your Organization for Dynamic Reteaming

Chapter 12. Plan Your Dynamic Reteaming Initiative

Chapter 13. After Dynamic Reteaming: Transitions and Team Calibrations

Chapter 14. Reflect and Determine How to Shift

1 Introduction to Wastewater Treatment and Process Analysis

2 Wastewater Characteristics

3 Wastewater Flowrates and Constituent Loadings

4 Wastewater Treatment Process Selection, Design, and Implementation

5 Physical Unit Processes

6 Chemical Unit Processes

7 Fundamentals of Biological Treatment

8 Suspended Growth Biological Treatment Processes

9 Attached Growth and Combined Biological Treatment Processes

10 Anaerobic Suspended and Attached Growth Biological Treatment Processes

11 Separation Processes for Removal of Residual Constituents

12 Disinfection Processes

13 Processing and Treatment of Sludges

14 Biosolids Processing, Resource Recovery and Beneficial Use

Part IV. Conclusion

Appendix A. Whiteboards to Enable Open Dynamic Reteaming

Appendix B. Team Choice Marketplace

Appendix C. Survey Template

About the Author

Heidi Helfand is author of the book Dynamic Reteaming. She coaches software development teams using practical, people-focused techniques, with the goal of building resilient organizations as they double and triple in size. Heidi is currently Director of R&D Excellence at Procore Technologies.  She draws on her vast experience from coaching there, as well as at AppFolio and Citrix Online, where Heidi was on the original development team that invented GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar. Heidi is based in Southern California.