The People's Scrum: Agile Ideas for Revolutionary Transformation

Anything that allows a developer to be free to create seems like a value-add. The responsibility for updating work is still there, the commitment to completion is still there, the process is just much simpler.

Agile practice without self-organization is just another management-led process, and will stay rooted in the existing status quo.

Empathy and compassion as agents of change need an advocate too.

Distributed teams require coordination and management and thus can never be truly self-organizing.

When you adhere to the guidelines of scrum, and understand the underlying principles, a process will emerge that is suited to your own context.

Good self-organization does not exclude leadership. The need for a

People are puzzles waiting to be solved, but mostly unsolvable. We selectively and cautiously share our stories, observing social mores and cultural etiquette; we distribute ourselves and hide behind masks. It is hard to gather all the pieces back into one place, to peel away the facades and see the core beauty of another. Though difficult, it shou

what value are we seeking… what story are we telling?

The problem isn’t using velocity as a measure (that can be useful if applied appropriately), nor is it having the business make the priority decisions (they ought to!) The problem—as always—is the absence of true collaborative dialog, without which people are likely to be uninformed, to make assumptions and to have unrealistic expectations.