Coordination

• “Bridging the Boundary: External Activity and Performance in Organizational Teams,” by Deborah Ancona and David Caldwell. One of the early research articles that explored teams within their context and how external activity—boundary spanning—relates to team performance.

• Leading Teams, by Richard Hackman. Still one of the best references on teams and self-managing teams. It also covers how teams manage their boundaries.

• Succeeding with Agile, by Mike Cohn. Scrum coach Mike Cohn covers some team coordination topics in his book.