Agile Native
There are two sides to mastery: the good and the ugly.
The good side of mastery is something to strive for: be a perfectionist, dedicate yourself to a task, do something to be proud of.
But mastery is a whole different thing for those who think they know (or are) better. This sort of “mastery” begets narrow-mindedness and petty rigidity.
Read MoreKnowing enough to think you are right, but not knowing enough to know you are wrong.”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson
Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to Agile.
The first rule of Agile is
You do not talk about Agile.
The second rule of Agile is
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“Agile” is all the rage and for good reasons.
If only you could reverse-engineer all that agility and mass-reproduce it.
Specialists and experts alike have been working hard at it, playbooks in hand, with metrics in tow and tools to boot.
You will want to follow their lead but the truth is, you will be misguided!
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Who doesn’t want the power of data?
Management love their metrics and for good reason: “What gets measured gets done.”
The problem is, no data tells good from great. Quite the contrary, actually. Pay too much attention to data and, before you know it, you will miss the point of it all.
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The first principle of the Agile Manifesto gets to the heart of the matter: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
While there is value in processes and tools, Agile values individuals and interactions more.
Things would be different if you could build software like you build cars, on an assembly line. But the reality is, great software development—like all creative activities involving more than one person—is first and foremost about people and interactions.
And so, as an individual and as someone who wants to work with great people, what should I pay attention to?
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