Development Team

Short Tip: The technical team responsible for developing the product.

What is it?

It is the technical team responsible for developing the product.

In line with some of the concepts in the Scrum guide, the team should be:

• Self-managing, i.e., having the autonomy to decide the best way to convert the Backlog item into a product increment;
• Integrally responsible, i.e., responsible as a whole for the increment, without individual responsibilities;
• Skilled, i.e., the team as a whole must have the necessary skills to carry out the development.

For agile projects, the other characteristics described in the Scrum guide, such as no job titles and a team size of 3 to 9 members are also applicable.

Duties

The development team is responsible for:

• Developing the product using the organization’s standards and guidelines;
• Organizing its way of working during the Development Cycles according to the activities planned in the detailed schedule;
• Keeping the Cycle Backlog updated on the status of each technical activity.