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I have an influential team member who is uncomfortable unless everything is fully defined up-front and thinks agile is a fad that doesn't really work. Has anyone else had a similar problem and what…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert Sfeir Jan 10, 2010.
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Kevin Johnston replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"A bit of an xtreme view here but if he is so influential but has not the foresight or experience to realise the benefits of agile maybe he is not that good really add its time to let him find his own way..extreme I know ;-)"
Stavros Pitoglou replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"Hi Robert.
There can be no objection that, in the vast majority of cases, the progressive approach you describe is the best one to follow. But I think that the problem at hand, described as "an influential team member who is uncomfortable…"
Robert Sfeir replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"For #1... I work for a company that has its teeth deeply sunk into SIX SIGMA, CMMI-3 and 4... Trying to tell them hey I have an idea let's go to Agile and here is why won't make one wee bit of a dent. The way to do it is to slowly just…"
Johnny Dorago replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"Thank you all for your responses. Sometimes he is just outright negative, so the management advice is useful. I guess we might just have to try it and hope he comes round. My worry is that he might just look for any evidence that 'proves'…"
Kelly Waters replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"Hi Johnny. I wrote a blog post some time ago to help someone who had an issue like this:
What If An Agile Team Member Won't Play Ball?
It doesn't really tackle the issue of selling agile, but does provide some basic HR/management advice…"
Chris Davis replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"I think every team in transition have encountered this issue, the only why to demonstrate the successes agile can bring is to actually go ahead with an agile project (or as agile as it can be) - somepeople have to be shown agile in action before…"
Ilja Preuß replied to Johnny Dorago's discussion Team member doesn't want agile"Take a look at http://dhemery.com/articles/resistance_as_a_resource/"
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I have an influential team member who is uncomfortable unless everything is fully defined up-front and thinks agile is a fad that doesn't really work. Has anyone else had a similar problem and what have you done to overcome it?
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