tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post8751232060865754485..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Limits of self organizing teamsallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-8453618681041037582008-11-17T11:40:00.000+00:002008-11-17T11:40:00.000+00:00Hi Allan.You're hitting a hot spot here.I guess I ...Hi Allan.<BR/><BR/>You're hitting a hot spot here.<BR/><BR/>I guess I have a pretty similar feeling on the topic. There is quite a friction between the "Ideal Self-organizing team" and the organization within the team actually moves.<BR/><BR/>To be honest, I must credit Scrum to have taken this problem into account, while XP keeps it in the background. But the way organization reacts might differ a lot.<BR/>Organizations where Software Development is preminent are likely to be diffident at first, but also to look for results. If some sucesses are achieved the path could be relatively easy (well ... it's NOT easy, but it's better than somewhere else).<BR/><BR/>Organizations where SD is not a core activity, will put more and more obstacles on the way to a perfect Scrum implementation, and explicitly or implicitly fighting it. It takes guts to fight for a good cause, but this does not always allow for a victory. I guess in many cases the only possible option is to step back and find a reasonable trade off. You must not call it Scrum, and maybe not even a more generic "Agile", but still it can be better than what it used to be in place before. Such organizations are generally so dysfunctional that being 20% better than before can still result relatively easy (even if frustrating).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568728817611163214noreply@blogger.com