9 INDIVIDUALS AND INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS

This chapter of our book will discuss the importance of motivated human beings, and the interaction between them, to enable effective Agile delivery. We will look at what motivates individuals and present some ideas to help motivate individuals and teams. We will overview some ideas for enabling self-organising teams and discuss their importance to Agile emergent design. We will also look at the importance of understanding team dynamics and how to enable dynamic delivery within a team.

The Agile lead is the person who is responsible for facilitating processes and enabling individuals and the team to be as effective as they can be. This does not mean that the Agile lead needs to be an expert ...

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