The Dream Team Nightmare

Chance

Patrick is a good listener, but he seems quieter than usual. After a long pause, he says, “Last night, I watched a webinar called ‘Scaling Agile Adoption.’ The presenter quoted many statistics. The one that struck me most is that, according to the presenter, only 26 percent of a development team’s effort contributes to a project’s success. The rest comes down to people and managerial approach.”

Patrick continues. “The speaker said the problems with software projects have never been about technology; they’ve always been about people. Regardless of how accurate his statistics are, that’s the same conclusion I’ve come to after my twenty years in software development.”

“That’s been my experience too,” says Ben. He goes on to explain how ...