Role Contracts

Here are roles related to working within the stable-fluid team model. Parenthetical statements are the related process module to the responsibility.

Squad Captain

Serves the Squad members, represents People needs
Balances development of squad with project needs
Is responsible for coordinating squad members and projects ("Smart, Multi-Project Teams")
Is responsible for detecting and expressing squad needs, current and upcoming ("Cohesive Teams")
Is responsible for reporting squad elasticity: ability to grow or accept change ("Continuous Change")
Is responsible for reporting squad health.
Is responsible for coordinating with other squads to fill pressing technical gaps.
Has final say on changes to squad composition (new people, rotations, etc).

Serves the Squad Captains, represents Company needs
Matches squads to projects ("Bring Work To The Team")
Determines which squads grow ("Team Mitosis")
Works with squad captains to plan squad splits ("Team Mitosis")
Gets final call about ending a squad and folding its members into other squads ("Cohesive Teams")
must respect elasticity limits reported by squad captains
if conditions require that elasticity limits be violated, they will coordinate with the Squad Captains to determine the best course of action ("Cohesive Teams")
May help coordinate inter-squad relations

Serves the Strategist, represents Client needs
Brings upcoming projects to Strategist
Once a project is assigned to a squad, works with the Squad Captain to meet client needs

An Account Manager brings a new project to the Strategist.
The Strategist assigns the project to a Squad. If growth is needed, the Strategist coordinates with the Squad Captain on when new squad members are added.
Squad Captains work with the Account Manager to fulfill project.

Here are the needs we expect a Squad Captain to take into account:

Ensuring that the Squad has a tech lead, and sufficient tech leadership for the projects at hand
Ensuring that the Squad is grooming a new tech lead for when the current one rotates out
Communicating about any other role vacancies a squad might have
Be aware of any Squad members quality of life issues
Being aware of any gaps in the squad's technical capabilities in relation to scheduled project work