I have been rather slack at writing for the blog in the past few weeks – seems that my day job as taken all my time and focus, so not much left for my poor neglected blog. So it doesn’t stay so so empty, here are some thought provoking words from a fellow agilist.
Enjoy!
Agile has been around for over a decade, a lot of people are doing it, and that’s great.
But I see a lot of organizations struggling. Not so much with the tools and practices. But mostly in the mind – the head.
Here are a list of thoughts and attitudes companies need to get if they are going to truly adopt Agile as a means of delivery.
The plan is going to change
Plan the work, work the plan. That’s the mantra traditional project management has been teaching PMs for years. Except that it doesn’t work. Companies that expect software projects to be straight lines. But they look a lot more like this:
and it’s this unwillingness to change the plan that kills them – Agile or not.
Everyones has a plan until they get punched in the face. – Mike Tyson
Software projects are a bit like getting in…
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