Comments on: Agile Adoption – Just Say No

By: An Agile Adoption Pattern: Wax On, Wax Off « My mind wanders…

An Agile Adoption Pattern: Wax On, Wax Off « My mind wanders… — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:19:43 +0000

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By: Paulo Köch

Paulo Köch — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:46:44 +0000

Well, for a couple of reasons, firstly there are those people that you’ll come across that are naturally resistant to it and it’s better not to expose yourself to that pain in the first place and secondly, I don’t think that to be agile should be the end goal, sure business agility will deliver a lot of benefit to your organisation which they’ll thank you for but agile isn’t necessarily the only way to achieve that, by constantly reviewing what you’re doing and aspiring to do it better at all times you’ll deliver huge value, Dr Deming’s plan-do-check-act cycle (on which agile is loosely based) should help you there as a framework by which to carry that out.

Biggest sentence ever. Literally, there’s only one period.

By: danrough

danrough — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:09:56 +0000

Thanks Mike, good to know that some find these ramblings useful.

By: Mike Kubrisck

Mike Kubrisck — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:42:34 +0000

Great post!

By: Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard « My mind wanders…

Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard « My mind wanders… — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:30:29 +0000

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By: Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard « My mind wanders…

Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard « My mind wanders… — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:05 +0000

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By: danrough

danrough — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:33:44 +0000

I see your point Mishkin, to explain myself, it was your closing paragraph, The Benefits Of All Three Practices that prompted me to comment. You state that if a team and their respective organisation were to adopt these practices they could easily double their productivity with which I agree, I think though that if they are to do those they need to combining that with Retrospectives, I accept that they might not have the immediate impact you talk of but in my opinion they are critical to realising that impact.

By: AgileAdvice - Mishkin Berteig

AgileAdvice - Mishkin Berteig — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:27:40 +0000

Dan,

I agree with you that Retrospectives are critical. However, they don’t tend to give immediate high-value results unless _really_ well facilitated. I excluded them from my article (http://www.agileadvice.com/2008/05/12/referenceinformation/the-best-agile-practices-to-implement-now-highest-return-on-investment/) because I felt that the other three are immediate, high impact whereas retrospectives are long-term (and high impact too).

Thanks!