Essence Alpha - WAY OF WORKING
Alpha Essence Card - WAY OF WORKING
Principles Established
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Principles and constraints are committed to by the team. -
Principles and constraints are agreed to by the stakeholders. -
The tool needs of the work and its stakeholders are agreed. -
A recommendation for the approach to be taken is available. -
The context within which the team will operate is understood. -
The constraints that apply to the selection, acquisition and use of practices and tools are known.
Foundation Established
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The key practices and tools that form the foundation of the way-of-working are selected. -
Enough practices for work to start are agreed to by the team. -
All non-negotiable practices and tools have been identified. -
The gaps that exist between the practices and tools that are needed and the practices and tools that are available have been analyzed and understood. -
The capability gaps that exist between what is needed to execute the desired way of working and the capability levels of the team have been analyzed and understood. -
The selected practices and tools have been integrated to form a usable way-of-working.
In Use
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The practices and tools are being used to do real work. -
The use of the practices and tools selected are regularly inspected. -
The practices and tools are being adapted to the team?s context. -
The use of the practices and tools is supported by the team. -
Procedures are in place to handle feedback on the team?s way of working. -
The practices and tools support team communication and collaboration.
In Place
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The practices and tools are being used by the whole team to perform their work. -
All team members have access to the practices and tools required to do their work. -
The whole team is involved in the inspection and adaptation of the way-of-working.
Working well
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Team members are making progress as planned by using and adapting the way-of-working to suit their current context. -
The team naturally applies the practices without thinking about them -
The tools naturally support the way that the team works. -
The team continually tunes their use of the practices and tools.
Retired
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The team's way of working is no longer being used. -
Lessons learned are shared for future use.