Chapter 14

How Will I Work with Other Teams Who Aren’t Agile?

“A new doctrine goes through three stages. It is attacked and declared absurd; then it is admitted as true and obvious but insignificant. Finally, its true importance is recognized and its adversaries claim the honor of having discovered it.”

William James

“Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.”

Sen. Morris Udall

Agile methodologies were designed with small co-located, cross-functional teams in mind. Due to the expectation and economic requirement to respond rapidly to market pressures, companies with large and geographically dispersed personnel are compelled to still forge ahead as they adopt agile approaches to ...

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