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# Team Agility

## _Capability Template Details_

### Team Agility

This Agile assessment enables the development of an Agile Team early in their journey. Influenced by many Agile & Lean thought leaders, this template provides an opportunity for Agile Teams to measure and improve foundational behaviors, skills, and practices.

### Ideal For

Teams that are relatively new (i.e., 0-2 years) to agile ways of working.

### References

Works of thought leaders that influenced the Growth Criteria, assigned Stage, and associated Outcomes.

### Capabilities by Dimension

**18** total capabilities

##### Product

• Team Common Goals  
• Team Backlog  
• Team Product Owner  
• Team Backlog Refinement

##### Culture

• Team Synergy  
• Team Accountability  
• Team Safety

##### Engineering

• Team Definition of Done  
• Team Focus on Quality

##### Process

• Team Composition  
• Roadmap  
• Team Iteration Planning  
• Team Stand-Up  
• Team Iteration Review

##### Improvement

• Team Retrospective  
• Team Learning Culture

##### Leadership

• Team Lead Facilitator  
• Leadership Mindset

### Capability Growth Criteria Example

#### Team Synergy

Assesses the sense of shared ownership and collaboration amongst team members.

**Starting (0)**
There is a lack of shared ownership, timely input, and direct interaction between team members; they work as individuals

**Developing (1)**
The team has an identity (i.e., name)  
The team has a shared understanding of the goals of the products/initiatives they are working on  
The team has a common language they use to describe their work  
The team has a collaborative workspace (on-site or remote) and utilizes collaboration tools for communication, sharing, and fun

**Emerging (2)**
Team members know what each other is working on and ensure open lines of communication, alignment of efforts, and management of dependencies  
The team listens to each other’s opinions and considers tradeoffs

**Adapting (3)**
All team members are willing to play any role needed to get things done, even if it means taking on a task outside of their functional area  
The team succeeds and fails as one; no finger-pointing

**Optimizing (4)**
The team's leadership is well-versed in advanced techniques that create synergies across functions and domains; they coach team members and ensure it exists.

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