Remote Scrum Team Agreement Template

What’s inside this Remote Scrum Team Agreement Template:

1⭐️ Purpose

Outline the purpose of the meeting and why you are creating a Remote Scrum Team Agreement.

2🔨Tools

List the communication/work tools the team will be using.

3✅ Status beacons

Discuss status beacons with the team. What does each beacon mean?. This way the team will know when you’re available just by checking Slack.

4😎Team golden hours

Have each team member list their best hours of the day for productive work.

5🗓Schedule of Scrum events

Outline what Scrum events will take place on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

6🤝Meeting etiquette

Present meeting etiquette that the facilitator can invoke at the start of each meeting.

7👥 Team member contact

Discuss the best ways to communicate as a team virtually.

8☕️ Informal contact

Decide on any protocols for informal contact with colleagues such as coffee chats, remote lunches.

9💬 Stakeholder contact

List the stakeholders. What is the best way to communicate with them?

10☎️ Dependency contact

Identify the person/people who the team should contact when in need of assistance.

11✅ Next steps

What came out of this meeting? What are your next steps?