Succeeding with Agile

Involve widely

One of the most common complaints I hear from programmers, in particular, is that they do not want to be treated like “code monkeys.” They use this term to mean someone who is told exactly what to code and has had all creativity (and fun) stripped from the job. You can avoid treating developers like code monkeys by involving them in as many project activities as practical. This is why, for example, I advocate including all developers in product backlog story-writing workshops. The broader the picture of the project and product that team members see, the more fully engaged in the project and committed to it they will be.

See Also

For information on conducting a story-writing workshop, see User Stories Applied for Agile Software ...