Role and Responsibility Template
How to clarify roles and responsibilities within a Scrum team?
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Q: Hi Vibhor. I need a way to clarify roles and responsibilities within my teams which are a mix of Scrum, Kanban and also some custom setups. I have conducted workshops for this purpose, but no matter how well these workshops go, people always seem a bit confused about their roles. I don’t know what the problem is and how to solve it.
Thank you for the question.
I appreciate you sharing your issue with us.
A problem continues to be the problem until the people who experience the problem raise the problem.
I say this because only after reading your question did I realize how common this problem is and how I have been using a way to mitigate it without even realizing it.
I can recall how often I’ve seen teams spend months in dysfunction.
Not because they weren't skilled but because they were stuck around these unspoken questions:
"Is this my job?"
"Should I be doing this?"
"Am I stepping on someone's toes?"
In this post, I’ll share a method that has helped me and my teams clarify roles and responsibilities for good.
You will know:
The root cause behind the role and responsibility confusion
How do we address the root cause
A handy template to help you prepare Role and Responsibility training workshops