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Maintaining the agenda

Maintaining the agenda

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Maintaining the agenda

- Everyone has an essential role to play in an Agile team. They need to know when it's their turn to participate, speak up, or just listen. Part of creating good feedback loops is keeping the team listening and not overwhelmed with outside interference. There's an old joke about Agile. It's starts out with a pig and a chicken. The pig and the chicken decide to start up a small restaurant. They sit together in their empty restaurant and think about what to put on the menu. The pig asks the chicken, "What do you think we should serve for breakfast?" The chicken responds, "Well, what about bacon and eggs?" Then, the pig says, "Wow, if we serve that, "you'd be interested, but I'd be committed." You should think about this joke when you start thinking about your Agile team. Who's really got skin in the game? In Agile, you routinely hear about chickens and pigs. The chickens don't have any skin in the game. They're free to…

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