Martin Fowler says: "Agile Imposition is a Very Red Flag"
Martin Fowler, one of the original creators of the Agile Manifesto in
2001, reflected last week on reports of Agile process being imposed on
teams from the outside. He states his reaction succinctly: "Imposing a
process on a team is completely opposed to the principles of agile
software, and has been since its inception."
What Martin doesn't address in his message is what management *can* do. All he says is that they *can't* impose a process. I think my employers have the right...
Hi Kent, My impression (which may be wrong) is that there is a lack of balance in your discussion. Reading it, sounds like the power game comes from the...
Victor, You're right--I wasn't trying to present a balanced discussion. I was responding to what I saw as flaws in the original post--that only programmers can...
Hi Kent, all, ... I'm not good at staying out of the sandbox either. But I've gotten better at getting out once I notice I'm in. That's progress. I'm...
Hello, Dale, all. Not bad at all for "pre-thought", Dale! I'm of a mind to riff on your thoughts. Below. On Friday, October 13, 2006, ... It's curious ... I...
Hi Ron, ... Ooops. You've interpreted "pre-thought" too generously. I didn't mean to say that these things just popped into my head. My half-baked ideas...
Hello, Dale. Interesting ... On Saturday, October 14, 2006, at ... Well, you deny on the one hand any notion of "rightness", and on the other hand call these...
Hello, Kent. Thanks for this contribution. I have some questions, more invitations to clarify your expression than actual objections. Again: I may seem to be...
Ron, My point is that in all cases I can choose my response. If I receive an email that says, "Starting Monday you will be an Extreme Programmer," I choose how...
Hello, Kent. Total agreement. On Thursday, October 12, 2006, at ... Yes, absolutely. We have the ability to lead with any response available to us. I generally...
... I don't think that. I believe I have the right to say that *I* will work in an Agile way. I have the right not to take jobs that won't let me, and I have...
I think this is part of a bigger problem that I call 'the death of locality' when I talk about it with friends. It just seems to work better when people...
Michael, There are certainly some actions and signals that are are suicidal in political enviroments. While I agree with your general point, in this particular...
Steven, I don't think any of those things would've been useful. The team had been in death-march mode for a while and they were clearly exhausted. I think,...
Then the lack of anything to do was just an excuse. The real reason to give the team some time off was to recover from a death march. I would call it...
Yes, we can see it that way, but it's moot. The team didn't take any time off. Ignoring the team for a second, I think that the real issue was the ability of...
Hello, Michael ... On Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 11:44:20 AM, ... I suspect that the specificity of your example masks your general question, which I agree...
Ron, I think it comes down to bandwidth. Imagine an organization with complete transparency.. there's still an issue of how much information any one person...
Hi Micheal, I don't think that there really can be too much transparency. We recently had a similar problem: we had publicly posted an information radiator,...
... Ilja, I agree with the principle that transparency is better, but I think there are some limits to its utility. In your example, when you released the...
It would be cool if a team can use the power of self-organization to use an agile process, but some people can't agree whether something is a floor wax or a...
There are a lot of ways for a CEO (or "leadership team") to introduce change. This might be easier when there is a dire threat like the company going under,...
... Hi, Chris. I agree that people with power can use it to change the situation, but I'm not persuaded that ordering people to be agile would be very...
If there is significant resistance by say half, what might be some effective management approaches to sell agile? How long should the agile champions try to...
Hello, Chris. A question. On Friday, October 13, 2006, at 5:59:16 ... What is management's purpose in "selling agile"? What would they get if they were able to...
... Perhaps a concrete example will be of use. In my organization, we have about 55 developers working XP style, more or less, on nine teams. Prior to...
Gary, Excellent example. Maybe, management should have made it an invitation, something like: "Everyone is invitied to participate in the future reformation...
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