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Team Audit

Structure
Process
Tools
Output
See how your team
is really built.

Roles, ownership and structure — where it works, and where it quietly drifts.

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Structure map Process audit Agile maturity Tooling review Tech leverage Velocity metrics Bottleneck analysis 90-day plan Structure map Process audit Agile maturity Tooling review Tech leverage Velocity metrics Bottleneck analysis 90-day plan
The question every CEO has

Is your team running at full capacity?

1

Hidden bottlenecks

The drag is real but invisible — buried in process, hand-offs and ceremonies.

2

Stalled velocity

The team is busy, but throughput has plateaued and no one's sure why.

3

Tech underused

The tools — and AI — aren't pulling the weight they could.

What we look at

Six lenses on your team.

A senior product leader looks at the team the way a CEO needs to — honestly, and end to end.

Team structure

Roles, ownership and how the team is really wired.

Process & ceremonies

Workflow and agile rituals — do they drive decisions?

Tooling

The stack you have, and how much of it you actually use.

Tech leverage

Where Skills and agents could be doing the repeat work.

Velocity

Throughput, cycle time and where flow breaks down.

Output & quality

What ships, how consistently, and at what standard.

What you get

A graded read, with the fixes ranked.

Team audit report · sample

Every dimension scored, every gap named.

Team structure
Roles overlap; ownership is unclear in two areas.
Process & ceremonies
Ceremonies happen, but they rarely drive decisions.
Tooling
Good tools, underused — manual work remains.
Tech leverage
Little use of Skills or agents for repeat work.
Velocity
Throughput is steady but bottlenecks at review.
Output & quality
Strong quality; consistency dips under load.
What's included
Team structure & ownership map
Process & ceremony audit
Tooling & tech-leverage review
Velocity & throughput metrics
Prioritised improvement roadmap
90-day action plan
Sample report · 1

The structure report

Structure

Roles & ownership
Northwind SaaS3 / 5
Team composition
SquadSizeMake-up
Squad A81 PM · 5 Eng · 1 Design · 1 QA
Squad B51 PM · 3 Eng · 1 Design
Platform41 Lead · 3 Eng
Ownership
AreaOwnerStatus
DiscoverySquad AClear
BillingSquad A + BOverlap
OnboardingUnowned
InfrastructurePlatformClear
Findings
Squad A & B both own billing
ImpactDuplicated effort and slow sign-off.
Action planOne DRI per surface; merge the billing backlog.
Onboarding has no owner
ImpactIt falls between squads and slips.
Action planGive onboarding to Squad B with a clear remit.
Squad A is oversized vs B
ImpactUneven load; Squad B is a bottleneck.
Action planMove one engineer from A to B.
Sample report · 2

The process report

Process

Flow & ceremonies
Northwind SaaS2 / 5
Value stream
Backlog
3.2d
Dev
4.8d
Review
1.1d
QA
0.4d
Release
Cycle time 9.5 days
Ceremonies
Daily stand-upEffective
Sprint planningRuns long
RefinementSkipped
RetrospectiveEffective
Findings
Review is 50% of cycle time
ImpactWork piles up waiting on reviewers.
Action planAdd a review SLA and a second reviewer rota.
Refinement is skipped
ImpactScope churns mid-sprint.
Action planReinstate weekly refinement, timeboxed.
Planning overruns its box
ImpactLess time left to build.
Action planPre-read the backlog; cap planning at 60 min.
Sample report · 3

The tooling report

Tools

Stack utilisation
Northwind SaaS3 / 5
Stack utilisation
ToolUseAdoptionStatus
SlackComms95%Healthy
GitHubDev97%Healthy
JiraPM82%Healthy
FigmaDesign64%Spare seats
NotionDocs38%Underused
ConfluenceDocs22%Overlaps Notion
6 tools · ~$4.2k / mo · 2 underused · 1 overlap
Findings
Notion & Confluence overlap
ImpactDocs are split across two tools.
Action planConsolidate to Notion; archive Confluence.
Figma seats underused
ImpactPaying for idle licences.
Action planReclaim 4 seats at renewal.
Core tooling well adopted
ImpactDev stack is not the problem.
Action planHold; redirect spend to docs.
Sample report · 4

The output report

Output

Velocity & quality
Northwind SaaS4 / 5
Throughput / sprint
Metrics
9.5d
Cycle time
18/spr
Throughput
2.3/wk
Deploy freq
4%
Escaped defects
78%
On-time
A−
Quality grade
Findings
Throughput up 38%
ImpactThe changes are clearly working.
Action planLock in the new flow as the default.
Escaped defects above target
ImpactQuality risk under load.
Action planAdd a pre-release check to the pipeline.
Releases bunch at sprint-end
ImpactRisky big-bang deploys.
Action planShip continuously; decouple from the sprint.
What it unlocks

What an audit can unlock for you.

Decisions, not just findings.
What a team audit unlocks for you
An audit isn't a report you file away. It's the clarity to make real decisions about your team — and the plan to act on them.
Adrian Cole
Adrian Cole
Founder, Impact Velocity Studio
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decisions, backed by evidence

What to change across structure, process, tools and output — and the order to do it in.

Structure
Right-sized teams
Process
Faster cycle time
Tooling
Leaner spend
Output
More throughput
How it works

From scope to a plan.

A focused engagement — usually two weeks from kickoff to a report you can act on.

Phase 1 · Discover

Scope it

Align on goals & questions
Map who & what to look at
Phase 2 · Observe

See the work

Interviews & shadowing
Tools, tickets & ceremonies
Phase 3 · Analyse

Find the gaps

Score each dimension
Pinpoint the bottlenecks
Phase 4 · Report

Deliver the plan

Graded report & findings
Prioritised 90-day roadmap
Beyond the report

We don't stop at findings.

The audit is step one. We stay on to help you put the fixes in — and re-measure the lift.

1

Prioritise

Turn findings into a ranked, realistic roadmap.

2

Implement

We work alongside the team to put the fixes in.

3

Re-measure

Track the lift — velocity, quality, capacity.

Audit your team

Questions, answered.

How long does the audit take?

Most audits run about two weeks from kickoff to a report you can act on — scaled to the size of the team.

How disruptive is it to the team?

Light. A few interviews and some shadowing — the team keeps shipping while we observe.

Do you only audit, or help fix it too?

Both. The report is step one; we can stay on to help implement the roadmap and re-measure the lift.

Is this just an agile review?

It's broader — structure, process, tooling, tech leverage and output. Agile maturity is one lens of several.

What do we walk away with?

A graded scorecard across every dimension, the specific bottlenecks, and a prioritised 90-day plan.

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