This document describes the basic team structure for an agile transformation, including roles like the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Solution Lead. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing business value from the team by managing the product backlog. The Scrum Master facilitates the Scrum process and removes impediments for the team. The Solution Lead translates the business vision into a technical vision and supports developers during execution. Management helps allocate team members, coach growth, and improve processes.

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Team Structure
and Roles

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BusinessVision
What?Why?
Team
Facilitator
Technical
Vision
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Backlog
Measurement
The Basic Team Structure

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Product Owner: responsible for maximizing the business
value delivered by the team.
 ONE person responsible for managing the backlog
 Engages the right stakeholders, SMEs and facilitates
prioritization sessions
 Provides vision and clarity for the team on direction
 Ensures the backlog has well defines stories and
acceptance criteria
 Knowledgeable, empowered, engaged
 Co-located with team as much as feasible
 Manages stakeholder and sponsor expectations
 Leads Demos of completed work to stakeholders
 Motivates team, celebrates success!
Product Owner

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ScrumMaster: responsible for facilitating the
Scrum process and ensuring the team is
delivering value.
 Process Facilitator
 Helps builds self organizing teams
 Removes impediments, escalates when
needed
 Helps team inspect and adapt process
 Empowers the team through Servant
Leadership
 Helps create visible information radiators
 Protects the team from disturbances
Scrum Master

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Lead: responsible for translating the business vision
into a technical vision then supporting the successful
execution of the vision.
 Understands business needs, acts as a consultant
and partner for the business.
 Collaborates with others to find simple solutions
that meet tactical and strategic business needs.
 Communicates the technical vision and
architecture.
 Supports the developers through execution by
coaching and direct involvement spends at min.
50% of their time developing
 Plans ahead and removes technical impediments.
Solution Lead

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 Allocate the right members to the team.
 Coach the team members, develop and grow
their maturity.
 Improve processes and remove impediments.
 Assess their health and provide the right level of
leadership to help them grow.
 Collaborate with other managers and business
customers to break down silos.
 Limit resource shifting/multitasking.
 Lead/organize communities of practice CoPs
 Build healthy self-organizing teams
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Management

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Workshop: Role Reflection – Current/Future State

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