Team Launch Toolkit

Knowledge and Activities for launching an Agile Team

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Learn about Agile ways of working.

Lessons in Welcome to the Team Launch:

  1. 1 List Team Members

    Objective: Ensure access is working for a team

  2. 2 Purpose of Team Launch / Intro

    Objective: A Team understands the purpose of completing the activities in the Agile Transformation Curriculum

  3. 3 Burnup Tracking

    Objective: A Team member learns how to create a burn up chart.

  4. 4 PP-T9-Definition of Done for Team Launch

    Objective: A Team establishes its Definition of Done for the Team Launch

  5. 5 Setup Workspace

    Objective: A Team establishes a Task board used to track remaining Team Launch Workitems.

Lessons in Form the Agile Team:

  1. 1 Introductions

    Objective: A team member can get to know their team mates and begin to develop a rapport with them.

  2. 2 Pick a Team Name

    Objective: A team begins to establish it's own identity and culture.

  3. 3 Team Commitment Roster

    Objective: The purpose of this activity is for the team to know who is on the team and the percentage they are allocated to the team.

  4. 4 Establish Team Schedule

    Objective: A Team establishes its cadence.

  5. 5 Identify Team Collaboration Tools and Repositories

  6. 6 FT-T20-Contradictory Advice Pattern

  7. 7 FT-T23-Team Repository

    Objective: A team identifies how it will store and categorize team resources and deliverables.

Lessons in Understand the Product:

  1. 1 What is a Vision

    Objective: A Team understands the importance of establishing a shared vision for the Product it is developing

  2. 2 Developing a Vision

  3. 3 Postcard from the Future

    Objective: A team envisions the future for their Product

  4. 4 Features and User Stories

    Objective: A team understands how work is broken down in Scrum

  5. 5 Building the Product Backlog

    Objective: A team establishes its initial backlog

  6. 6 Additional Reading | Creating a Backlog

  7. 7 Fast Estimation Technique

    Objective: A Team understands how to estimate work

  8. 8 Creating a Product Roadmap

    Objective: A Team identifies the high level steps it will take to deliver a solution.

Lessons in Introduction to Scrum:

  1. 1 Background & Introduction

  2. 2 Scrum Principles & Values

    Objective: The purpose of this activity is to explain the principles and values underpinning the Scrum methodology.

  3. 3 The Ceremonies of Scrum

  4. 4 The Key Roles of a Scrum Team

  5. 5 The Product Owner

  6. 6 The Cross Functional Team

  7. 7 The Scrum Master

  8. 8 Estimating Work

    Objective: A team understands Estimation: What it is and how to do it

  9. 9 Where to go for more Information

Lessons in The Agile Mindset:

  1. 1 Introduction to Agile

  2. 2 Dealing with Reality

  3. 3 Being Agile vs Doing Agile

  4. 4 The 4 Values

  5. 5 The 12 Principles

  6. 6 Common Antipatterns

Lessons in Flow Behaviors:

  1. 1 Flow

  2. 2 One conversation, One outcome

  3. 3 Establish WIP Limits

    Objective: The purpose of this lesson is to understand how having too many options can result in a barrier to flow.

About Steve Pinckney

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As the Principal of Conceptia, Steve is a leadership coach, consultant and facilitator who brings more than 20 years of experience in change leadership and business transformation. Steve believes that the signature of an effective leader is their ability to gain the support of individuals in achieving a common vision. He provides his clients with the confidence, tools, and techniques to lead and manage high performing change teams that are resilient and adaptive. Whether the need is increased communication and collaboration, conflict resolution or leadership alignment, Steve’s action-oriented approach accelerates the learning of new behaviors and mindsets necessary to produce transformational leaders and teams that are better equipped to thrive in these complex and volatile times.
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