Comments for Derek W. Wade

Comment on Coherence and Dispersion in Teams by CAS Simulation as a Java Applet | Scrum WithStyle

CAS Simulation as a Java Applet | Scrum WithStyle — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:47:12 +0000

[...] Derek Wade notes in his blog post on this, we shouldn’t take this exercises to mean that you can simply dish out rules and expect [...]

Comment on Products, People, Psychology by Cameron Kelly

Cameron Kelly — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:51:03 +0000

Psychology is one of the most interesting branches of science because there are so many unknowns.~~’

Comment on Wordpress Prologue for Virtual Team Rooms by Alisha Coles

Alisha Coles — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:31:31 +0000

I have been perusing a few of your posts and have enjoyed it. Keep it up

Comment on If You Had Been Me at ScrumGathering 2010 by Orlando Scrum Gathering 2010 Diary | Conscires

Orlando Scrum Gathering 2010 Diary | Conscires — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:22:34 +0000

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Comment on Coherence and Dispersion in Teams by Derek

Derek — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:12:52 +0000

Hi Tobias!

At SGUS, a friend apologized to me for so often “correcting the words I use when I say something,” to which I replied that I actually appreciate it when he does that. I think with such a high degree of association that when I try to express a concept in my head, it almost always comes out imprecise, and thus requires interaction with another person in order to get the concept refined to its essence.

So, thank you, Tobias, for appropriately refining my post. :)

Yes, implosion is EXACTLY what is happening here! And I think it looked good to me initially because I tend to be strongly biased against fragmentation. But it makes sense that EITHER focus (on defending against others, or protecting others) is a focus on OTHERS, and not on the self, and thus leads to an unbalanced system.

Comment on If You Had Been Me at ScrumGathering 2010 by Andy Brandt

Andy Brandt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:09:23 +0000

Great summary! I miss being there less now after reading your post. BTW – never heard of Twitter Fountain, but now I know it is a great idea to put one somewhere during an event.

Comment on Coherence and Dispersion in Teams by Tobias Mayer

Tobias Mayer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:37 +0000

I don’t agree that the second part of this exercise is towards cohesion. It /appears/ to be that way but what is actually happening is an implosion, and a situation is created where no one can actually move anymore. It is stifling. When I observe this it reminds me of teams where the ScrumMaster is so zealous about “protecting the team” that s/he doesn’t allow the the team any space to grow. Teams that spend too much time protecting each other tend to isolate those outside the team. We have all seen this: “we do Scrum now so we don’t write documents”, or “we do Scrum now so you (manager) can’t tell us what to do”. Such behaviour is exclusive and doesn’t go towards building a collaborative environment.

The first part of this exercise is about running and hiding. Not taking any responsibility. The second part of this exercise is about taking too much responsibility — for /other people/. Neither demonstrates the value of taking responsibility for ones own actions and trusting others to do the same.

Cool that you all captured this on video though :-)

Comment on Drugging the Mother-in-Law by Fred

Fred — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:08:36 +0000

You are right, the key of success is to keep Scrum simple. If you try to modify it by -mainly- adding useless things just because it exist in your organisation, you will fail.

Comment on If You Had Been Me at ScrumGathering 2010 by Scott Barnes

Scott Barnes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:28 +0000

Derek, this is a great wrap up. It is interesting to learn your take away from SG. Indeed, many take-aways here too. As for vacation photos…I suppose I’m a bit of a voyeur (case in point, I’m reading your blog!)

Comment on If You Had Been Me at ScrumGathering 2010 by Tobias Mayer

Tobias Mayer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:12 +0000

Great personal summary Derek. Good to read, and I think it captures the spirit of the event nicely. Made me sad that I missed Jurgen’s talk. Next time…. there’s always a next time :-)