Mobilisation

Mobilisation ensures that all team members are well prepared and helps to set the build phase up for success.

Task	Owned by
Agree team roles and responsibilities Bring the team together and establish the key activities and deliverables for this project.	DM* / PD
Agree activities and deliverables for this phase Work with the core team to establish what the key activities and deliverables will be for this particular project.	DM* / PD
Schedule team members and create forecast sheet Plan out the team members and time needed for the project using a forecast sheet and book this time in our scheduling tool.	DM* / PD
Organise and book review meetings Bring the team together through regular reviews and ensure the right people are booked in to attend.	DM* / PD
Agree on ways of working and responsibilities with the client Ensure the client is well prepared and understands the need to engage with the team and test work once it is ready for review.	DM* / PD
Create a backlog of deliverables Work with the core team to build a backlog to work	DM* / PD
Create space for multi-disciplinary idea generation Ensure there is time and space for the team to explore what discovery findings mean, what we can do about them and how we can more effectively refine, test and decide on the best approaches to take forward.	DM / PD*
Advocate for the user and their needs Highlight research insights to inform our approach, scope or priorities. Ensure the roadmap, goals and the team's work are based on the latest insights we have. This enables the team to proceed with confidence and lowers the risk of unintended consequences.	User Researcher
Integrate testing tasks into the project plan Work with the Delivery Manager and Tech Lead to ensure detailed testing tasks are included at suitable places within the project plan.	QA Lead
Set up a development environment Prepare the development environment and ensure team members know how to use it.	Tech Lead
Set up a Continuous Integration pipeline Set up an appropriate automated test and deployment pipeline for the build. This allows the quality of the codebase to be automatically checked before it’s merged so the deployments can happen automatically.	Tech Lead

Task

Owned by

Agree team roles and responsibilities

Bring the team together and establish the key activities and deliverables for this project.

DM* / PD

Agree activities and deliverables for this phase

Work with the core team to establish what the key activities and deliverables will be for this particular project.

DM* / PD

Schedule team members and create forecast sheet

Plan out the team members and time needed for the project using a forecast sheet and book this time in our scheduling tool.

DM* / PD

Organise and book review meetings

Bring the team together through regular reviews and ensure the right people are booked in to attend.

DM* / PD

Agree on ways of working and responsibilities with the client

Ensure the client is well prepared and understands the need to engage with the team and test work once it is ready for review.

DM* / PD

Create a backlog of deliverables

Work with the core team to build a backlog to work

DM* / PD

Create space for multi-disciplinary idea generation Ensure there is time and space for the team to explore what discovery findings mean, what we can do about them and how we can more effectively refine, test and decide on the best approaches to take forward.

DM / PD*

Advocate for the user and their needs

Highlight research insights to inform our approach, scope or priorities. Ensure the roadmap, goals and the team's work are based on the latest insights we have.

This enables the team to proceed with confidence and lowers the risk of unintended consequences.

User Researcher

Integrate testing tasks into the project plan

Work with the Delivery Manager and Tech Lead to ensure detailed testing tasks are included at suitable places within the project plan.

QA Lead

Set up a development environment

Prepare the development environment and ensure team members know how to use it.

Tech Lead

Set up a Continuous Integration pipeline

Set up an appropriate automated test and deployment pipeline for the build. This allows the quality of the codebase to be automatically checked before it’s merged so the deployments can happen automatically.

Tech Lead

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