About the Team

For each team member:

• What is their name?
• What is their area of expertise?
• What do they like to work on?
• How many years of experience do they have?
• Do they have prior Agile experience?
• How long have they been on the team?
• Do they have designated roles on the team?

For the team(s):

• How many teams within the larger group?
• How long have they been in this formation?
• Is there an experience PM and BA on the team?
• Does the team work well together?
• What is the teams’ level of satisfaction?
• Is there a direct manager for this team?
• Are there tech leads an architects on the team?
• Is the team co-located?
• Are there dedicated Product Owners on the team?
• Does the team participate in daily or regular standups?
• Does every member of the team report to the same manager?
• How good is the team in accomplishing its goals?

For External Resources:

• Are you willing and financially able to bring on Agile Coaches/Developers as needed?
• Have you ever had Agile coaches before? What was the experience like?

For Shared Services:

• Do you rely upon any shared services? e.g. QA, ENG, OPS
• Do you have time allocated for the team with the shared services or is there a chargeback model or is it based on size and importance of team?
• Is the output of the team constrained by these shared services?
• Could a small part of these shared services be added to the Agile team?
• Can the Agile team output be staged on platforms that do not need the shared services? e.g. CI
• Are these shared services Agile, Waterfall or FIFO?
• Are there need/demand based shared services? e.g. Emergency team and a projects team