Richard Lawrence

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Motivated Individuals

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As agile approaches the mainstream, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the core principles, especially this one:

Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
and trust them to get the job done.

If agile is to apply broadly, we can’t reserve it just for those projects that start with motivated individuals. We need to learn how to cultivate them.

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Written by Richard

November 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm