Skill Matrix
Context
Does the development team have all needed skills to succeed?
Action
Find the gap between the actual and needed skills.
Procedure (include self-assessment and assessment by others).
Define personal and team actions to close the identified gaps.
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What you gain
Transparency about needed and actual skills
Build up your team in small steps (action by action)
Decision criteria for staffing of the team
How to strengthen
Get knowledge from outside the team (consultants, coaches), don’t acquire everything by your own.
Risks
The self-assessment can be wrong.
The assessment is used outside the team.
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