Here's an exercise for the leadership - expand this simple backlog and track it until the project is completed - the project is to launch a team. Goal: lauch a new team; success criteria - doing sprint 1 and releasing a product increment Stories: - An "Order" to create team - Business to deliver Purpose / Vision for new team - Team Roster - Team Infrastructure - Mutate Wishlist into a Product Backlog (visible to team, sized, prioritized by delivery order) - Team Launch Workshop Here is agile42's advice on creating a great team. Here's a video documentary of how one of the Tech Industry's greatest visionary purposely built his next company. Built from the heart, with passion, because they all wanted to make a difference in the world. I suggest your team watch this video - discuss how they can be like the founders of NeXT. What similarities does your team have with this team? Do NOT focus on the differences. Play the