The Dream Team Nightmare

Food for Thought

“It’s been ages since we’ve had lunch together,” says Rickard to Ben, one Scrum master to another.

Rickard’s enthusiasm is met with silence.

“As I recall, it must be almost six months ago. Wasn’t it just before we had that big argument about the concept of ​shu-ha-ri​?” pipes up François.

At this point, Matt coughs to clear his throat as much as to clear the air. “As the first team to go agile, I now realize how arrogant we’ve become. Since Jim’s been here, we’ve been taking a good long look at what’s been happening in the team.”

This is followed by a longer silence, before Aidan says, “We’ve had a rough ride too.” Turning to Seth, a fellow developer from Team Predator, he says, ”Do you remember all the quarrels we had ...