Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

The most difficult thing about the agile and similar approaches is the zero-th step.

“I’m aren’t sure about this.” Let’s take small steps and learn as we go. Let’s not reach too far and make too costly a mistake.
This is the agile manifesto stated another way. There is nothing new here; we all always knew this.

The trouble is, we have to start with the zero-th step. That step is when I stand in front of everyone at every level of the organization and say, “I’m not sure about this.”

And sometimes some of us cannot say that in some situations. It is an admission of imperfection and inadequate knowledge. Some organizations live in some fairly tale land where such are not allowed. If you work in on of those fairy tale land places, if at all possible, L E A V E.