# The Impact of Modes, Styles, and Congruence of Control on Agile Teams: Insights from a Multiple Case Study

> Control mechanisms may need to fit the style of the team. A mismatch between control and team style can create friction.

- Venue: HICSS 53, 6247–6256 (2020)
- Transfer: Control mechanisms may need to fit the style of the team. A mismatch between control and team style can create friction.
- Contribution: My role: co-author.
- Authors: Dreesen, T., Diegmann, P., Rosenkranz, C.
- URL: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/e9f5699c-a811-42c3-843c-020ccc710212

## Study

A multiple case study across four cases in two insurance companies and two software firms. It examines how control modes and control styles fit together in agile teams.

## Why it matters in practice

Control is a core construct of IT project management. The paper gives fine-grained insight into when control modes and styles reinforce each other and when they work against each other.