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| Maturity Model Rating | |||
     Level 1 - Initial
Framework is not being adopted
Level 2 - Managed
Very Low adoption of framework
Level 3 - Defined
Low adoption of framework
Level 4 - Quality
Good adoption of framework
Level 5 - Optimised
Full adoption of framework
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| Check List Questions | Compliance | Quality | |
| Team Members - Scrum Master | |||
| Is there a Scrum Master? | |||
| Can the Scrum Master describe their role and responsibility? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master regularly coach and promote self-organisation within the Development Team? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master regularly coach and promote cross-functionality within the Development Team? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master remove impediments to the Development Team’s progress? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure the Development Team create high-value products? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master facilitate the Scrum events as requested or needed? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master support the Product Owner find techniques for effective Product Backlog management? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master facilitate the Scrum Team to create clear and concise Product Backlog items? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master support the Product Owner in understanding the product planning in an empirical environment? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master support the Product Owner understanding and practising agility? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master lead and coach the organisation in its Scrum adoption? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master plan Scrum implementations within the organisation? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master help employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development? | |||
| Does the Scrum master implement changes that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organisation? | |||
| Team Members - Developer | |||
| Is the Development Team self-organised and choose how best to accomplish their work? | |||
| Is the Development Team cross-functional and have all of the skills as a team necessary to create a product Increment? | |||
| Are there no other titles than Developer in the Development Team, regardless of the work being performed by the person? | |||
| Is the Development Team between 3 and 9 members? | |||
| Team Members - Product Owner | |||
| Is there a Product Owner? | |||
| Is the Product Owner the only person who tells the Development Team what to work on? | |||
| Does the Product Owner clearly express the Product Backlog items? | |||
| Does the Product Owner groom and order the items in the Product Backlog? | |||
| Does the product Owner optimise the value of the work the Development Team perform? | |||
| Does the Product Owner ensure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next? | |||
| Does the Product Owner ensure the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog? | |||
| Does the Organisation respect the Product Owner decisions? | |||
| Team Members - General | |||
| Does the Team deliver the products iteratively? | |||
| Does the Team deliver the products incrementally? | |||
| Does the Team have just the three roles, Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team? | |||
| Does the Team have all the expertise and competencies needed to get the job done without any help from outside the team? | |||
| Sprints | |||
| Does each new Sprint start immediately after the conclusion of previous Sprint? | |||
| Are the maximum length of the sprints one month? | |||
| Do all the sprints have the same length? | |||
| If needed during the Sprint, is the scope clarified and re-negotiated between the Product Owner and Development Team? | |||
| Are the quality goals maintained during the Sprint? | |||
| Are changes requested during the Sprint that would endanger the Sprint Goal managed so there is no impact? | |||
| Is the Product Owner the only person with authority to cancel the sprint? | |||
| Are incomplete Product Backlog items re-estimated and put back on the Product Backlog? | |||
| Sprint Planning | |||
| Does the entire Scrum Team participate in the Sprint Planning? | |||
| Are the Sprint Planning sessions held at the beginning/before a sprint? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the Sprint Planning takes place? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that attendants to Sprint Planning understand its purpose? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master teach the Scrum Team to keep the Sprint Planning within the time-box? | |||
| Is the Sprint Planning time box maintained (Eight hours for a one-month Sprint, or for shorter Sprints less than eight hours)? | |||
| Does the Development Team forecast the Product Backlog items which it will be delivering in the Sprint? | |||
| Does the Development Team establish a Sprint goal during the Sprint Planning? | |||
| Does the Development Team self-organise to undertake the work in the Sprint Backlog? | |||
| Do the attendants to Sprint Planning understand its purpose? | |||
| Does the Product Owner help to clarify the selected Product Backlog items to be developed during the Sprint? | |||
| Can the Development Team renegotiate the selected Product Backlog items with the Product Owner? | |||
| Is the Development Team able to explain to the Product Owner and Scrum Master how it intends to work as a self-organising team to accomplish the Sprint Goal and create the anticipated Increment? | |||
| Daily Scrum | |||
| Is the daily stand up kept to 15 minutes long and members remain standing? | |||
| Does the Daily Scrum cover what the team have completed since the last stand-up? | |||
| Does the Daily Scrum cover what the team are working on now? | |||
| Does the Daily Scrum cover any impediment that prevents the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal? | |||
| Is the Daily Scrum held at the same time and place each day? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the Development Team has the Daily Scrum meeting? | |||
| Is the Development Team responsible for conducting the Daily Scrum? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master teach the Development Team to keep the Daily Scrum within the 15-minute time-box? | |||
| Does Scrum Master enforce the rule that only Development Team members participate in the Daily Scrum? | |||
| Sprint Review | |||
| Are the Sprint Reviews performed at the end of every sprint or every other sprint? | |||
| Is the Sprint Review time box maintained (Four-hour for one-month Sprints or for shorter Sprints less than four hours)? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the Sprint Review takes place? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the attendants understand its purpose? | |||
| Does the Sprint Review attendees include the Scrum Team and key stakeholders? | |||
| Does the Product Owner explain what Product Backlog items have been “Done” and what has not been “Done” | |||
| Does the Development Team discuss what went well during the Sprint, what problems it ran into, and how those problems were solved? | |||
| Does the Development Team demonstrate the work that it has “Done” and answers questions about the Increment? | |||
| Does the Product Owner discuss the Product Backlog as it stands, and likely completion dates based on progress to date (if needed)? | |||
| Does the Sprint Review provide valuable input to subsequent Sprint Planning? | |||
| Does the Sprint Review discuss how the marketplace or potential use of the product might have changed what is the most valuable thing to do next | |||
| Does the Sprint Review discuss the time line, budget, potential capabilities, and marketplace for the next anticipated release of the product. | |||
| Sprint Retrospective | |||
| Does the Sprint Retrospective occur after the Sprint Review and prior to the next Sprint Planning? | |||
| Is the Sprint Retrospective time box maintained (Three-hour for one-month Sprints, or less for shorter Sprints)? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the Sprint Retrospective takes place? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master ensure that the Sprint Retrospective attendants understand its purpose? | |||
| Does the Scrum Master participate as a peer team member in the meeting from an accountability over the Scrum process? | |||
| Does the Development Team identify improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint? | |||
| Does the Sprint Retrospective cover what went well during the sprint cycle? | |||
| Does the Sprint Retrospective cover what went wrong during the sprint cycle? | |||
| Does the Sprint Retrospective cover what could be done differently to improve? | |||
| Do the team find creative solutions and develop an action plan at the end of the Sprint Retrospective? | |||