DevOps Maturity Assessment How strong are your teams?

1. Is the team a cross-functional delivery team comprising of development, testing and operations expertise?
   A. YesB. No

2. Are incentives (both financial and non-financial) for people on the team aligned to overall team results?
   A. YesB. No

3. Are those responsible for designing, developing, testing, and operating the application all part of the same team?
   A. YesB. No

4. Does the team have accountability for the product throughout its life-cycle (introduction, growth, maturity, decline)?
   A. YesB. No

5. Does the team have a culture of experimentation and innovation?
   A. YesB. No

6. Does the team have a high trust culture that enables autonomy?
   A. YesB. No

7. Do people involved in developing and running the application have aligned incentives and goals?
   A. YesB. No

8. Does the team have a say in what they work on (e.g. self-selection days)?
   A. YesB. No

9. Does the organization's structure encourage and support DevOps approach?
   A. YesB. No

10. Is there a team charter that describes how the team behaves and works together?
    A. YesB. No

11. Is there a clear vision and purpose for the product?
    A. YesB. No

12. Are all the product's stakeholders identified and engaged?
    A. YesB. No

13. Is the team aligned and incentivised to a measurable business outcome?
    A. YesB. No

14. Do management and the wider organization see the value in protecting time for continuous improvement?
    A. YesB. No

15. Does the team have enough time to learn new technologies, tools, and practices?
    A. YesB. No

16. How frequently do the business and development teams interact?
    A. Business users are embedded within the teamB. The team meets with the business at least every weekC. The team meets with the business at least every monthD. Rarely or not at all

17. Do senior stakeholders buy into and support the DevOps approach?
    A. Yes, we rarely have issues with business cases or bureaucratic processesB. Yes, there is buy-in and understanding, but business processes are still too rigidC. No

18. Do members of the team practice continuous learning?
    A. YesB. No

19. Does the team have a feedback culture (where people are happy to quickly share negative and positive feedback)?
    A. YesB. No

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