Shaped by demand: The power of fluid teams

Discover how Demand-Led Planning enables teams of up to 200 people to reorganise quarterly and succeed without stable, long-lived teams.

Speakers: Daniel Terhorst-North

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June 25, 2025

Most software delivery models are designed around ‘stable, long-lived teams’, so what happens when we challenge this assumption and turn this model on its head?

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Each quarter, the entire programme team, anything from 20 to 200 people, reorganise themselves based on the expected demand for the next quarter. Surely this is a recipe for chaos, confusion and disaster?

This session introduces Demand-Led Planning, a model that has evolved over more than a decade to optimise the people around the work. Daniel explains why there is no need for teams to be either ‘stable’ or ‘long-lived’, and shows how people can be more motivated, aligned and successful through regular re-teaming.

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