Deprojectification of agile: The new orthodoxy of long-term product teams

Third-order theme	Towards long term product teams
Second order subtheme	Products or domains are permanent	Team dynamics:Long-term and cross-functional	Gradual change from development project teams
First-order examples of utterances	“For example, we will always have payment and transactions, so we will always need clever people in these areas. When you have lasting domains, it is very sensible to have lasting teams” (Alpha 14).	“You must both operate it and maintain it (in the same team). Now, the logic is: ‘If you build it, you own it, you run it, you kill it.’ Developers need to think about how to develop a solution that the team can operate and maintain. Employees need a more cross-disciplinary approach … and to think more in terms of the life course of a solution. You need to avoid shortcuts that accelerate development but increase the cost of operations” (Alpha 8).	“The change from development projects to products did not take place overnight, but more gradually. We recognized that it was more sensible to work with a long-term horizon in the teams in question … I don’t remember the exact date, but we gradually started to use the term ‘product team’ rather than ‘project team” … It took a long time for parts of the organization to recognize this change” (Beta 8).

Beta Respondents	Role	Statement in text (theme)
1	Coordinator
2	Product owner, team
3	Department manager
4	Product owner, team
5	Functional specialist
6	Functional specialist, team member	T6
7	Product owner, team
8	Functional specialist, team ember	T2
9	Project owner
10	Functional specialist
11	Department manager
12	Agile coach

Alpha Respondents	Role in Alpha	Statement in text (theme)
1	Division manager
2	Department manager
3	Department manager
4	Department manager
5	Department manager
6	Functional manager	T3, T4
7	Functional specialist, team member
8	Product owner, team	T2
9	Product owner, team
10	Division manager
11	Fuctional specialist, team member
12	Functional manager
13	Department manager
14	Functional specialist, team member	T2, T3
15	Division manager
16	Functional specialist, team member	T1
17	Department manager	T4
18	Functional specialist, team member	T5
19	Department manager	T4

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