As a scrum master and/or a coach to your Agile team, do you ever question yourself – how is your team performing on the Agile scale? Is there some room for improvement? How mature is your team in its Agile thinking?
Here is a list of 22 good agile practices that should help you determine the maturity level of your agile teams….Give this a try!
| 1. Team Roles Assigned |
| 2. Team Includes Skills Needed |
| 3. Teams Conduct Sprint Zero |
| 4. Program Backlog Groomed in JIRA |
| 5. Sprint Goals Drive Sprint Planning |
| 6. Sprint Planning Includes Full Team |
| 7. Sprint Planning – Stories Prioritized |
| 8. Every Work Item is A Story & Sized |
| 9. Exit Criteria Defined & Acceptance Test Run |
| 10. Team Uses Sub Tasks |
| 11. Standups Held & Attended |
| 12. Scrum of Scrum, Or TDM |
| 13. Incomplete Stories, Resized & Carry Over |
| 14. Team Velocity Established |
| 15. Team Conducts Code Reviews |
| 16. Team Conducts Sprint Demos |
| 17. Team Documents Retrospective +/- |
| 18. Sprint Progress Tracked in JIRA Daily |
| 19. Burn Down Charts & Reports Reviewed Daily |
| 20. Team Strives to Minimize WIP |
| 21. Team is Aware of Sprint Cycle Times |
| 22. Team Knows Velocity |