Welcome to the Agile Maturity Assessment

You are about to answer 60 questions to assess your organization's Agile maturity. Once you complete them all, you will receive a weighted total score that is aligned with an overall Agile Maturity Model. If you would like to have multiple people perform this exercise for your organization and receive an aggregated detailed analysis and recommendations, please contact us.

Name
Email for Results
1. 

You consistently deliver working, tested software every 30 days or less

2. 

Each release is driven by business need

3. 

Each Sprint you are continuously improving

4. 

The Teams are having fun and there is a high energy level

5. 

The Team presents their own work at the Sprint Review

6. 

Overtime is rare and happens voluntarily

7. 

Discussing, criticizing, and experimenting with the process is welcome

8. 

There is a clearly defined Product Owner role

9. 

The Product Owner is empowered to prioritize the product backlog

10. 

The Product Owner has direct contact with customer

11. 

The Product Owner is actively involved throughout each Sprint

12. 

The Product Owner has direct contact with the Team

13. 

There is a clearly defined Scrum Master role

14. 

The Team works off of a Sprint backlog

15. 

The Sprint backlog is visible to any stakeholder

16. 

The Team updates the Sprint Backlog daily

17. 

Stakeholders attend the Sprint Review

18. 

Team Members raise impediments at the Daily Scrum

19. 

The Definition of Done is met for every completed User Story when applicable

20. 

The Team actively participates in the Sprint Retrospective

21. 

Backlog grooming occurs every Sprint

22. 

The estimates in the product backlog are given by the Team

23. 

The output of the Sprint Planning meeting is a realistic Sprint backlog that the Team agrees is doable

24. 

Estimates are given in relative size (e.g. Story Points) rather than hours

25. 

A Sprint planning meeting occurs every Sprint

26. 

Sprints are not interrupted by unplanned work outside of the Sprint Backlog

27. 

The Team usually delivers what they commit to on the Sprint Backlog

28. 

The Team's historical Velocity is used for Sprint Planning

29. 

Scrum Masters are seen as servant leaders, not managers

30. 

The Team consistently answers the 3 questions

31. 

Each team has a Definition of Done

32. 

Only completed Stories are presented at the Sprint Review

33. 

Everyone stands up at the Daily Scrum

34. 

Retrospectives are held after every Sprint

35. 

Many of the improvements identified in the retrospective are implemented in the next Sprint

36. 

The Product Owner maintains a product backlog at least one Sprint ahead of the Team

37. 

The whole team and the Product Owner attend the Sprint Planning meeting

38. 

Each Sprint is no longer than 30 days

39. 

Each Sprint for a project is the same length

40. 

The Team sits together during the Sprint

41. 

The Team size is between 3 and 9 people.

42. 

The Team generally has all the skills required by the project

43. 

The Team members are able to step outside their role and be cross-functional

44. 

Acceptance tests are written in advance of development for most User Stories

45. 

The Product Owner writes the acceptance tests

46. 

The Team can modify the Sprint backlog during the Sprint to meet the Sprint Goal

47. 

The team tracks work remaining during the Sprint using a tool like Burndown Charts

48. 

Dependent Teams integrate during each Sprint

49. 

The Scrum Master is empowered to remove impediments for the Team

50. 

The Daily Scrum happens every day at the same time and place

51. 

All Team members participate in the Daily Scrum

52. 

The Daily Scrum is limited to 15 minutes

53. 

A Sprint Review happens every Sprint

54. 

Feedback is encouraged and captured at the Sprint Review

55. 

Automated unit testing is implemented where appropriate

56. 

Automated regression testing is implemented where appropriate

57. 

The Sprint Backlog and/or Burndown Charts are updated daily

58. 

Scrum artifacts (Backlogs and Burndown Charts) are visible to all project stakeholders

59. 

Dependent Teams (a team working on the same project as other teams) are meeting together weekly to manage dependencies, e.g. Scrum of Scrums or similar

60. 

Dependent Teams have a “chief” Product Owner or similar role who is empowered to make product decisions across all product teams

Copyright Notice.

Unless otherwise noted, these materials and the presentation of them are based on the methodology developed by Cape Project Management, Inc. and are copyrighted materials of Cape Project Management, Inc., which are used with its permission. Cape Project Management, Inc. reserves all its rights. All other brand or product names used in this presentation are the trade names or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Agile Maturity Matrix was adapted from original source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/105468803/Governance-for-Agile-Delivery The online Agile self-assessment was adapted from original source developed by Henrik Kniberg and is licensed under a Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/