Comments on: Less extreme Scrum http://leandeveloper.com/wordpress/2009/10/less-extreme-scrum/ Weblog dedicated to lean and agile sofware development Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Michal V. http://leandeveloper.com/wordpress/2009/10/less-extreme-scrum/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Michal V. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:58:44 +0000 http://leandeveloper.com/wordpress/?p=59#comment-76 "In addition to Tucman’s model it was also well visible in the Munich Gathering. Actually that means that we have to admit that leaders can’t just assume that teams self-organize when they are just empowered to do so. Sometimes directive forms of leadership are needed though we understand the drawbacks of command and control." Hmm, it took us 2 months to implement Scrum in the company for internal teams. Easy so far. But we spent another year to change culture in such a way, that people start recognizing empowerment they have and without external pressure begun self-organizing themselves. And now most difficult. What should we do with customers? How to convince them the team works for them and not just "per se" so their absence almost always lead to fatal results? I dont know. I dont know. “In addition to Tucman’s model it was also well visible in the Munich Gathering. Actually that means that we have to admit that leaders can’t just assume that teams self-organize when they are just empowered to do so. Sometimes directive forms of leadership are needed though we understand the drawbacks of command and control.”

Hmm, it took us 2 months to implement Scrum in the company for internal teams. Easy so far. But we spent another year to change culture in such a way, that people start recognizing empowerment they have and without external pressure begun self-organizing themselves. And now most difficult. What should we do with customers? How to convince them the team works for them and not just “per se” so their absence almost always lead to fatal results? I dont know. I dont know.

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