Current State

• Download the role cards. Print them off and cut them out.
• Think about who does what today.
• Assign the activities in the role card deck to each of the roles that the organisation has now.

Reflect on:

• Who has the authority to make a decision?
• Is the team self-organising and self-managing?
• Who does the bulk of the work?
• Are there work silos in the current role definitions?
• Do these role definitions mean there are “handovers” between people that slows down delivery?

Future State

Assign the activities to only the Scrum roles.

Reflect on:

• Is the future state different to the current state?
• Who has the authority to make a decision?
• Who does the bulk of the work?
• Have any of the silos or handovers been reduced?
• What roles are not needed in an agile environment due to self-organisation?
• What roles are not needed because new roles have taken on those responsibilities?