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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

T-Shaped Skills

Deep expertise in one area combined with broad ability to contribute in other areas.

Definition

T-shaped (generalizing specialist) team members reduce bottlenecks and support swarming. 'I-shaped' people have only deep specialist knowledge.

Example

A tester who can also write simple automation code and update documentation.

Exam tip

Agile favors generalizing specialists over pure specialists.

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