👁️Agile Team's Vision
Learn more about how Agile teams build a collective vision for their goals, the problems they want to solve, and how they want to support each other.
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What is Agile Team Vision?
Just like a product has a vision, a team needs a vision too. Vision helps everyone see long-term outcomes and direction ahead. Teams can build a collective vision for themselves as teammates before projects begin to outline:
The audiences they serve
The team-focused problems to solve
The team goals
The value the team provides
What makes the team unique
What risks the team can identify to vet
The costs that may go into the team
The scope of Agile coaching and transformation work ahead
How the team measures success
Here's an Example
Here are the components
Components of Agile Team Vision
The team vision statement
Provide a one sentence “elevator pitch” that embodies the team and its value. Write the vision statement last!
The audiences they serve
List all relevant target audiences that the team answers to or works with.
The team-focused problems to solve
What problem statements does your team face today related to Agile transformation and processes?
The team goals
What are the outcomes your team want this product to achieve in the business?
The value the team provides
When you solve the problems you’ve identified for your team, which pieces of value will your team deliver to the world? Create one value point per problem statement.
What makes the team unique
What value makes your team unique compared to other teams?
What risks the team can identify to mitigate
What are the things that could stand in the way of your Agile Transformation succeeding in the long-term? List anything related to team user experience, technology, market, business, or otherwise. Once you identify these risks, your team should work toward removing risks.
The costs that may go into the team
List the things that will contribute to “overhead” costs for your team Agile Transformation to succeed. This can be anything from training to partnerships to time, and everything in between.
The scope of Agile coaching and transformation work ahead
List the “definition of done” for Agile transformation: the outcomes that this team must achieve in order for Agile Transformation to be considered a success.
How the team measures success
List the metrics you are going to use to measure success in Agile Transformation over time. Identify the metrics, how you are going to measure your metrics, and how often you’ll collect them.
Why is it Valuable?
Team vision boards are valuable because they give every team member a stake in the outcomes from the beginning of work together. The vision helps a team understand why they are here together and what they are working towards.
How is it Made?
A team should produce this together in collaboration.
Who Maintains Agile Team Vision?
The Scrum Master facilitates and maintains the Agile Team Vision on the team.
Agile Team Vision Workshop
Here's a Workshop Template your team can use before a project and during projects to outline their own team vision.
[ Figma Workshop Template for Agile Team Vision coming soon ]
When Should Teams Build their Agile Vision?
Teams make it before a project, and update it after the project begins as they change their working agreements.
Key Components of Building an Agile Team Vision
Team vision boards represent the voice of the team: A self-organized team makes their own decisions and determines their own future together. No one person should tell them why they are here, or what they are working towards. It takes an entire team to provide voices and perspectives into their mission and purpose together.
How to Build an Agile Team Vision
Here are the steps:
Educate about Agile philosophies
Educate about Agile teamwork
Build the Agile team vision
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