Introducing Agility: The Manager’s Guide
If you’re a manager or team lead, you need to start by getting the team all on board. Make it clear that agile development is supposed to make things easier for the developers. This is primarily for their benefit (and ultimately, the users and the organization as well). If it isn’t easier, then something is wrong.
Go slowly. Remember that every little motion a leader makes is magnified by the time it hits the team.[43]
As you introduce these ideas to the team, be sure to lay out the ground rules for an agile project as described in Chapter 2, Beginning Agility. Make sure everyone understands that this is how the project will be run—it’s not just lip service.
Start with the stand-up meeting (see ...
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