Choose Your WoW - Second Edition

Chapter 4

Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities

Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.—Helen Keller

Key Points in This Chapter

•DAD suggests there are five primary roles: team lead, product owner, team member, architecture owner, and stakeholder.

•An architecture owner is the technical leader of the team and represents the architecture interests of the organization.

•DAD's stakeholder role recognizes that we need to delight all stakeholders, not just our customers.

•In many situations, teams will rely on people in supporting roles—specialists, domain experts, technical experts, independent testers, or integrators—as appropriate and as needed.

•DAD's roles are meant to be, like everything else, a suggested starting point. You ...