13Motivating Agile Teams
This chapter relates Agile development team motivation to established organizational behavior principles. I've included this chapter because Agile development has the potential to significantly increase motivation, but it is squandered by the persistence of Waterfall planning. Organizational behavior principles can explain why and what you need to do to establish highly motivated Agile development teams.
The chapter begins with the experience that led me to this conclusion. It reveals six principles of organizational behavior that enable you to measure and maximize motivation in your organization. It ends with a discussion of the myriad books on motivation, and why the advice usually doesn't work in your organization. ...
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