Delegation Canvas Example:
Architecture Delegate

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1. Primary Driver / Purpose

“For our architecture circle to make informed and helpful decisions, its members need to maintain a connection to the daily work of developers and product owners.”

2. Key Responsibilities

• contribute as full member to all activities of the architecture circle
• represent needs and interests of your team in the architecture circle
• inform team members about activities and decisions of architecture circle

3. Dependencies

• the team you represent
• architecture circle

4. External Constraints

• on average, limit your work as an architecture delegate to a maximum of 50% of your weekly capacity

5. Key Challenges

• balance contribution to your team and contribution to architecture circle
• balance needs of your team and needs of other teams

6. Key Deliverables

• coaching sessions for developers (in your team, and in other teams)
• facilitation of architecture workshops in your team
• participation in activities of architecture circle

7. Competencies, qualities and skills

8. Key Resources

• max. 50% of weekly capacity

9. Delegator Responsibilities

Note: for this example, assume each development team selects one of their members as a delegate to the Architecture Circle, so the delegator would be the development team.

• team members must make time for coaching sessions
• attend meetings the Architecture Delegate sets up for reporting on the Architecture Circles work and decisions
• make issues relating to architecture and software craftsmanship known to the Architecture Delegate

10. Key Metrics

• satisfaction of developers with your coaching sessions (standard survey)
• satisfaction of members of your team with information about and representation in architecture decisions (survey)

11. Monitoring and Evaluation

• peer review each quarter, with 2 other members of architecture circle, 2 members of development team, and two developers who were participants in that delegate’s coaching sessions
• development plan needs consent from architecture circle, home circle, participants of coaching sessions

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