From cc45ecd1f7b89fdd4fd616407c0e4d3788490c5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Lamm <christopher.lamm@companycam.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:27:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added notes on team states

---
 .markdownlintrc     |  5 +++-
 team/team-states.md | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 team/team-states.md

diff --git a/.markdownlintrc b/.markdownlintrc
index 67d2ae5..e3da66b 100644
--- a/.markdownlintrc
+++ b/.markdownlintrc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "MD013": false
+  "MD013": false,
+  "no-duplicate-heading": {
+    "siblings_only": true
+  }
 }
diff --git a/team/team-states.md b/team/team-states.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e346421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/team/team-states.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Team States
+
+## Falling Behind
+
+### State
+
+* The team's backlog grows longer each week. The team is working hard but not making much progress.
+* Moral is low.
+* Users are unhappy.
+
+### Fix
+
+* Hire more people for the team.
+* Set expectations with users.
+* Highlight easy wins and inject optimism.
+
+## Treading Water
+
+### State
+
+* The team is able to get their critical work done but still does not have time for technical debt or new large projects.
+* Moral is higher.
+* Users are happier.
+
+### Fix
+
+* Consolidate the team's efforts into finishing more things.
+* Reduce concurrent work until they're able to repay technical debt.
+* Help people transfer from a personal view of productivity to a team view.
+* Reduce WIP (work in progress).
+
+## Repaying Debt
+
+### State
+
+* The team is able to start paying down technical debt.
+* Technical debt payment begins to snowball.
+
+### Fix
+
+* Add time.
+* Find space to allow the compounding value of paying down technical debt to grow.
+* Find ways to support users while paying down technical debt.
+
+## Innovating
+
+### State
+
+* Technical debt is sustainably low.
+* Moral is high.
+* Most work is satisfying new user needs.
+
+### Fix
+
+* Add slack.
+* Maintain enough slack in the team's schedule to build quality into their work, operate continuously in innovation, and avoid backtracking.
+* Ensure the work the team is doing is valued.

From 864df7552081399085b26ed9d56048a83ea4cf6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Lamm <christopher.lamm@companycam.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:29:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updated formatting

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 team/team-states.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/team/team-states.md b/team/team-states.md
index e346421..8cf638b 100644
--- a/team/team-states.md
+++ b/team/team-states.md
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 ### Fix
 
+* Reduce WIP (work in progress).
 * Consolidate the team's efforts into finishing more things.
 * Reduce concurrent work until they're able to repay technical debt.
 * Help people transfer from a personal view of productivity to a team view.
-* Reduce WIP (work in progress).
 
 ## Repaying Debt
 
@@ -53,5 +53,7 @@
 ### Fix
 
 * Add slack.
-* Maintain enough slack in the team's schedule to build quality into their work, operate continuously in innovation, and avoid backtracking.
+* Maintain enough slack in the team's schedule to build quality into their work.
+* Operate continuously in innovation.
+* Avoid backtracking.
 * Ensure the work the team is doing is valued.