Team states

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+# 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
+
+* 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.
+
+## 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.
+* Avoid backtracking.
+* Ensure the work the team is doing is valued.