Delegation Poker

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1. 1

   Each participant gets a set of seven cards numbered 1–7, each with a delegation level label.

2. 2

   The facilitator reads a decision or type of task: e.g. 'Hiring a new team member', 'Choosing technology stack', 'Setting sprint goals.'

3. 3

   Each participant privately selects the card representing the delegation level they believe applies (or should apply).

4. 4

   Cards are revealed simultaneously.

5. 5

   Discuss divergent selections: why did people choose differently? What's the current reality vs the desired state?

6. 6

   Agree on the appropriate delegation level for each decision type and document it.

Conseils

• The game's value is in the conversations triggered by divergence, not in the final numbers.

• Most teams discover they have fundamentally different assumptions about who is empowered to decide what.

• Document the results in a Delegation Board.',

Variantes

Run as a team-only exercise, or include managers and direct reports together for cross-level alignment. Combine with a Delegation Board to create a visual map of decision authority.