Tips to recognize and resolve Agile cargo cult

1. Dealing with process legacy-- @AgileHelen

2. Signs of cargo cult
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Helen Snitkovsky
@AgileHelen

3. Sign #1: Belief that one framework fits
all
Consider: fit for purpose
Dealing with process legacy-- @AgileHelen

4. Signs of Cargo Cult-- @AgileHelen
Sign #2: Walls as décor element
Consider: walls as living document

5. Signs of Cargo Cult-- @AgileHelen
Sign #3: All meetings are stand ups
Consider: traditional meetings
where appropriate

6. Signs of Cargo Cult-- @AgileHelen
Sign #4: Improvements not measured
(metrics are so old school)!
Consider: Lean metrics

7. Signs of Cargo Cult-- @AgileHelen
Sign #5: Adopting Gartner “best
practices”
Consider: Try – Inspect - Adapt

8. Dealing with process legacy-- @AgileHelen
“We’ve just always done it that
way, and it works.”
“When we did it that way,
everyone agreed it worked
much better.”
“If we do it that way, we’ll get
this result.”