Agile Team Decision Making Flow

Team decision making; how to know what work to start

A flow diagram to help empowered team members with decision making regarding picking up new work. The diagram is designed to help teams keep focus towards their collaborative goal and help make decisions without the need to involve any micromanagement or delegation. It is extremely useful for newer Agile teams who may not yet be comfortable with the empowerment that is granted when working in iterative development cycles with a regular cadence. The flow diagram enforces the message that we should at all times look to finish work that is in progress before moving onto something new. Above all else, the underlying message from this flow chart is simple: stop starting and start finishing!