Collaboration gap
When two teammates stop working together
When two people who worked closely stop working together, there is usually a reason. Sometimes it is a planned change. Sometimes it is friction that nobody has mentioned.
What you can notice yourself
- They stop reviewing each other's work.
- They no longer reply to each other in team channels.
- One of them now sends questions through someone else.
- Work that needs both of them slows down.
What to do
- Check first whether a planned change explains it, such as a new project.
- Ask each of them on their own: "How is working with [name] going?"
- If there is friction, agree on one shared next step with both of them.
What to avoid
- Do not bring them together to talk about it before you have spoken with each one.
Guides on this
- Team health check: how to run one
How to run a team health check in half an hour: what to ask, how to get honest answers, what to do with the result, and what to watch between checks.
Related signals
- When two teams stop working together
Two teams that worked together a lot have mostly stopped.
- How to spot a single point of failure on a team
Only one person knows an important part of the code. If they are away, nobody else can change it.
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