On the multi-location wastewater SCADA modernization ART, the plant-site cohort and the downtown IT cohort hold separate huddles, vote as blocs in PI Planning, and skip mixed-team refinement. What should the RTE treat this as?
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Short Explanation
Two lunch tables that vote as blocs is a clique, not a clever Kanban. A SCADA ART split by plant versus downtown will plan as two gangs. Mix the rooms and coach one train, do not bless the split.
Full Explanation
Site-based subgroups that caucus, bloc-vote, and avoid mixed refinement are a group-dynamics pattern that undermines a single ART. Separate events or declaring multi-site cadence impossible hardens the split rather than integrating the train. Closing a site is an facilities decision, not the coaching response. The RTE facilitates shared events, mixed refinement, and working agreements so plant and downtown operate as one SCADA ART.