Swarming

Swarming means that multiple team members collaborate on one work item together, rather than working separately on individual tasks.

In Agile, collaboration is key---and swarming is a strong sign that a team is truly working as one. Instead of everyone staying busy in their own specialty, the team focuses together on finishing the most important work first.

Swarming helps:

• Deliver value faster

• Reduce multitasking and unfinished work

• Build T-shaped skills (broadening knowledge across areas instead of staying stuck in narrow roles)

• Strengthen shared ownership and collective problem-solving

Swarming isn't a formal Scrum event---it's a self-organized behavior that shows a team is adapting to reality, working together toward their Sprint Goal, and building real agility.

When the whole team focuses on finishing the right work not just staying busy real progress happens.