In Agile projects, the team makeup is a key part of making sure the project is successful and delivering value well. Most agile teams are cross-functional, work together, and organise themselves. Here are some important things to think about when putting together an Agile project team:
Cross-Functional Skills: Agile teams are made up of people with a variety of skills that are needed to meet the project’s goals. On the team, there should be people who are good at things like research, design, development, testing, UX/UI, and project management. This lets the team handle a wide range of tasks and responsibilities on its own, making it more efficient and less reliant on resources from outside the team.
2. Small and in the same place: Agile teams should be small, with 5 to 9 people at most. A smaller team size makes it easier to talk to each other, work together, and make decisions. Also, having team members work in the same place makes it easier for them to talk to each other in person and strengthens the team as a whole. But with the rise of remote work, tools and methods for virtual collaboration can be used to help teams in different places communicate well.
3. Self-Organizing: Agile teams are self-organizing, which means that they can decide for themselves how to do their work best. Team members decide together how to divide up jobs, work together, and make choices. This gives people the power to take charge, encourages creativity, and gives the team a sense of shared duty.
4. Committed and stable: Agile teams work together for the whole project. Members are committed to the project, which keeps them from being too busy with other things. Stable team composition provides continuity and helps team members work together better, trust each other, and feel like they understand each other.
5. Representation of Customers and Stakeholders: Agile teams should have people from the customer or end-user side, like product owners or business analysts, who can give information about what the user wants and needs. Stakeholder representation makes sure that the team has a clear line of communication with key stakeholders and can ask for their feedback and ideas throughout the project.
6. An Agile mentality and Collaboration Skills: Agile teams work best when team members have an Agile mentality, which emphasises adaptability, openness to change, continuous learning, and collaboration. Team members need to be able to communicate well, listen well, solve problems, and deal with conflicts if they want to work well together and solve problems.
7. T-Shaped Skills: In addition to their main area of expertise, Agile team members should know a lot about other fields and be ready to work with people in other roles. This idea is often called “T-shaped skills,” which means that a person has a lot of knowledge in one area (the vertical stroke of the T) and some knowledge in other areas (the horizontal stroke of the T). This helps the team share knowledge, be flexible, and share a feeling of responsibility.
Some key roles played by the team members and specific tasks are often set up in Agile projects to encourage collaboration, accountability, and good teamwork. Certain roles may change based on the Agile framework or method being used, but here are some common roles and what they do:
Product Owner: The Product Owner is in charge of maximising the value that the team’s work brings to the customer or other client. Among their duties are the following:
– Putting the product list in order of importance.
– Working with stakeholders to get needs and make them better.
– Making sure everyone on the team knows the product’s goals and vision.
– Deciding what features to build and when to put them out.
– Giving feedback on the given increments in a timely manner.
– Taking part in sprint planning, reviews, and recaps.
2.Scrum Master: The Scrum Master helps the Scrum team work together and leads by example. Among their duties are the following:
– Making sure that the concepts, values, and practises of Agile are followed.
– Running Scrum events like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
– Getting rid of obstacles and solving any problems or disagreements that come up.
– Teach the team how to self-organize, work together, and keep getting better.
– Keeping the team from being distracted by things outside of work and making sure they have a good place to work.
– Helping the Product Owner handle the backlog and decide which tasks are most important.
3.The Development Team is made up of people who have the right skills to make the product increase. Among their duties are the following:
– Working with the Product Owner to understand user stories and needs.
– Getting estimates, making plans, and agreeing to do work for each sprint.
– Making and testing small pieces of software.
– Making sure the products are good and correct by testing and reviewing the code.
– Actively taking part in Scrum events and giving progress reports.
– Working with the other people on the team to reach the short goals.
4. Stakeholders: Stakeholders are people or groups who care about how the project turns out, like end users, customers, sponsors, and leaders. Among their duties are the following:
– Giving advice and feedback on the needs and priorities of the product.
– Working with the Product Owner to establish and test acceptance criteria.
– Taking part in reviews and demos to give feedback on the work that has been done.
– Helping the team by giving them the tools they need and taking care of dependencies.
– Making sure that project goals and organisational goals are the same.
– Making decisions on time and giving approvals when needed.
