tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930876570525471458.post358093707463455006..comments2023-09-08T07:50:02.120-04:00Comments on Agile & Business: The great persuader is....youJoe Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413810050491070483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930876570525471458.post-38401073348748481412009-02-22T12:12:00.000-05:002009-02-22T12:12:00.000-05:00Hi David,I agree. And even more broadly. From a d...Hi David,<BR/><BR/>I agree. And even more broadly. From a distance, any one person (or group of people) could sink things. Or at least we must influence them. <BR/><BR/>And it starts with one person ("you" in my post), but that person should be recruiting others who support the new idea (Agile/Scrum or whatever).<BR/><BR/>While it might seem daunting, all you have to do is have them give it a real try. You need permission (or forgiveness) to do <BR/>a real experiment. Almost always a decent experiement proves that it "works" (in your place). Then the convincing gets easier (and harder too, in some ways and in some places).<BR/><BR/>I find we need to be careful not to assume that the problems we had in the last place will be the problems we will have in the next place (or with the next team). It will always be less than perfect, but it still can be much different.<BR/><BR/>Regards, JoeJoe Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413810050491070483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930876570525471458.post-89652807880714203062009-02-22T06:20:00.000-05:002009-02-22T06:20:00.000-05:00Hi Joe,I think one thing to be conscious of when t...Hi Joe,<BR/><BR/>I think one thing to be conscious of when trying to convince people to adopt agile methodologies is to feel out the project manager. PM's will generally be either very for, or quite markedly against agile.<BR/><BR/>You may find the business (or customer) will be all for agile methodologies, and by bringing them on board with your suggestions, it may help your persuasions.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>David<BR/>http://www.jacksguides.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com