"Agility is not Viral"

[Alan Dean]

I just posted "Agility is not Viral" [1] that expands on some things I
said at the Alt.Net UK Park Bench session and would be very interested
to hear opinions.

[1] http://blogs.charteris.com/blogs/aland/archive/2008/10/11/agility-is-not-viral.aspx

Regards,
Alan Dean

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Alan,

Interesting post. I've never thought of agile as viral, so
it surprised me that others had hoped it would be.

I think that developers usually - in the best situations-
do what it takes to flourish in the environment where
they find themselves. If we go in as coaches and only
make a temporary modification to that environment, then
the developers only make a temporary adaptation.

It's pretty rare to see long-lasting success if the
change to agility only takes place at the level of a
project manager or below. I think the answer is for
more of us to promote agility at higher levels in
the organization.

Charlie