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		<title>God Mentality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[just poking some fun at the zealots out there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-71" title="God" src="http://www.agileinsider.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/god2-214x300.jpg" alt="God" width="214" height="300" />My recipe for developing a God Mentality.</p>
<p>Ingredients:</p>
<ul>
<li>a team of non-agile developers</li>
<li>a single zealous (or inexperienced) agile coach</li>
</ul>
<p>Method:</p>
<ul>
<li>Prepare a clean team working area</li>
<li>Gently introduce the agile coach to the team</li>
<li>Gently stir until a process emerges</li>
<li>Trust the coach</li>
<li>Allow process to fester</li>
<li>Praise the coach</li>
<li>Serve with a slight pinch of sarcasm</li>
</ul>
<p>Adopting agile is extremely difficult and coaching is a great way to being in the necessary skills and expertise to a team.  However, coaches are not infallible and will inevitably leave their own stamp on your project.  Leave a single coach on a team for long enough and they will become an almost god like figure and the team will depend more and more on their advice and wisdom (KB/C3).  A good coach will be able to adapt the processes and methodologies to suit your environment, but a zealot will probably insist on adapting your environment to match the methodology.  To produce a really good God Mentality it is imperative that they are unquestioned in their approach and instead followed blindly.  This works particularly well with a team of inexperienced (or long serving corporate) developers.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, if you fail to produce the perfect God Mentality, you're probably doomed to a life of perfect agile.  The moment some diversity is allowed to challenge the preaching from God #1 you are on your way to never exalting a single guru (or their processes) again...</p>
<p><em>Unfortunately, the quality of agile coaches varies remarkably and this recipe may not always produce the perfect God Mentality.</em></p>
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