Listen "Badass Unscripted – Getting Good At Mayhem"
Episode Synopsis
There’s been a change in how people organize in enterprise. But with flat hierarchies, and self-organizing teams, has the concept of leader or even team captains become obsolete and forbidden?
You know what we should teach more of? How to respond to mayhem – rapidly changing expectations in unstable conditions.
What I’ve found – and what’s helpful to communicate to clients – is that the first 3 sprints (literally, the first 6-8 weeks) are mayhem. On a new scrum team, or in new business/technical landscapes, there will always be challenges with insufficient information, assumptions, inadequate tools, unclear expectations, unfamiliar teammates and accountabilities….with firm deliverable dates. Overwhelm is inevitable, and therefore wholly expected.
You know what we should teach more of? How to respond to mayhem – rapidly changing expectations in unstable conditions.
What I’ve found – and what’s helpful to communicate to clients – is that the first 3 sprints (literally, the first 6-8 weeks) are mayhem. On a new scrum team, or in new business/technical landscapes, there will always be challenges with insufficient information, assumptions, inadequate tools, unclear expectations, unfamiliar teammates and accountabilities….with firm deliverable dates. Overwhelm is inevitable, and therefore wholly expected.
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