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* They start their daily standups on time.
* They tend to laugh a lot and have fun.
* Everybody in the team gets to express themselves.
* They correct and edit each other when they go off track.
* They try out new things with appetite. But they are quite willing to admit those things didn’t succeed.
* They encourage each other to leave on time.
* They talk about how “we built” or “we failed”, rather than “I built“ or “I failed”
* They have lunch together, or some other time within work hours where they talk about other things than work.
* They welcome more junior members of the team, and enjoy mentoring them.
* They have inside jokes.
* They share responsibility for communicating with outside stakeholders.
* They don’t agree on everything.
* They debate between short term benefits and long term strategy. They reach compromises.
* They question each other on topics like accessibility and inclusivity in design and development.
* When they finish a task, they check if they can help someone else finish theirs.
* There’s room in good teams for extroverts and introverts. And those in between. Team members are aware of their needs and communicate those to others.
* They ask “why” a lot
* They discuss the users of their products every day, and the user experience is viewed as everyone’s responsibility
* Testers and designers are included in discussions of estimations and backlog refining
* They respect agreed decision making structures, but argue their points
* The people are not too similar to one another. They think about problems from different angles.
* If someone on the team is ill, the others figure out how to get by without that person.
* They don’t interrupt each other. They take equal turns in speaking.
* They are not all equally skilled at everything. But they try to work on things where they can learn.
* Senior team members ask for advice and feedback from more junior team members.
* When someone has an idea, other team members build on it and add to it