Comments on: Compromising agility http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/ Treppenwitz in public Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:36:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: A Tribute to My Team | Selfish Programming http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-21787 A Tribute to My Team | Selfish Programming Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:01:48 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/#comment-21787 [...] For me, the best day of the project was the team gathering - a day where we began brainstorming ideas that contributed to our manifesto ultimately and the day when we played the XP Game. Team Tarka vs Old Peculiar. The pictures tell the real story: so this is what a no-egos team looks like. Seeing is believing. It’s up to all of us to demand better of ourselves. [...] [...] For me, the best day of the project was the team gathering – a day where we began brainstorming ideas that contributed to our manifesto ultimately and the day when we played the XP Game. Team Tarka vs Old Peculiar. The pictures tell the real story: so this is what a no-egos team looks like. Seeing is believing. It’s up to all of us to demand better of ourselves. [...]

]]> By: Simon Baker http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-19749 Simon Baker Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:29:13 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/#comment-19749 I wanted to add that the session was very much about values and was definitely not to do with practices. In fact there was practically zero about technical stuff. I wanted to add that the session was very much about values and was definitely not to do with practices. In fact there was practically zero about technical stuff.

]]> By: Simon Baker http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-19748 Simon Baker Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:05:46 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2007/12/02/compromising-agility/#comment-19748 When companies adopt an agile approach adaptation is often limited to the process and practices (with little regard for the values and principles). Seldom does the organisation change. Many problems are rooted in the culture of the organisation. How can we expect things to improve significantly if we don’t help organisations achieve a deeper level of change? Our ambition is to see healthier companies with happier people and higher standards of product. Our hope for the session was to inspire people to catalyse change in organisations so that, through agile approaches, organisations could achieve so much more in many different areas. When companies adopt an agile approach adaptation is often limited to the process and practices (with little regard for the values and principles). Seldom does the organisation change. Many problems are rooted in the culture of the organisation. How can we expect things to improve significantly if we don’t help organisations achieve a deeper level of change?

Our ambition is to see healthier companies with happier people and higher standards of product. Our hope for the session was to inspire people to catalyse change in organisations so that, through agile approaches, organisations could achieve so much more in many different areas.

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