Re: I'm now blogging about Agile & TW

[Chris Despopoulos <despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

If your experiences were this bad, then by definition you weren't doing SCRUM.  You might as well say, "It's hard to play rugby when the team locks you up in a locker."  If that happens to you, you would be right to complain to management, and say that you're not part of the SCRUM team -- you can't be bound to the same delivery methods or expectations.  Just like you might say to the rugby coach, "Don't yell at me because I'm not muddy and bruised."  I understand that in some situations that could be risky, and "career limiting".  At some point your quality-of-life index urges you to take the risk.  

An alternative could be that you jump in like a madman, and maybe the jocks will be impressed.  Gouge a few eyes, bite a few ears, etc.  That can also be risky -- if you take on something you can't possibly succeed at doing, you're hosed.  But if you can find something to take on that will compel the team to include you, that could solve your problems.

SCRUM is anarchistic enough that significant responsibility falls on you to assume the appropriate posture.  Or should I say it's existentialist?  You are a strong contributor because you contribute strongly -- a weak contributor because you contribute weakly.  If that makes you feel despair or forlornness, talk to Sartre.  If things don't work that way, then it can't honestly be Agile -- it's something else.  So one responsibility is for you to understand Agile and SCRUM, and respond appropriately to whatever it is that you're thrust into.  

cud

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Again, this depends upon those in charge understanding and including 
everone in the 15-minute daily meetings. It's hard to participate when 
you aren't told where and when those meetings occur. Or if they don't 
actually occur except on an ad hoc, whimisical basis.

If I sound skeptical, it's because of bad experiences.
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