archiloque
<Very scrum master voice> I know you love themed retrospectives so today’s retrospective’s theme is « Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic » #agile
Mar 19, 2024 at 7:06amWeb
Show threadLuca MinudelMar 19, 2024

@archiloque When your role, responsibilities, job description, career path, performance review, bonus, personal development plan, company culture, office politics, and your boss tell you all you can do is rearrange the deckchairs ...

... the problem may not be Agile, or Scrum, or the full-time employed Scrum Master or the Retrospective ...

... but those that planted a steering wheel in the arse of a horse thinking that would be enough to turn it into a car

Show threadBartoszMar 19, 2024

@lukadotnet @archiloque exactly this. Sometimes they get lucky and the Scrum master that joins will go through rearranging the deck chairs to stay in the role and be able to ask more important questions and influence cultural change. Sometimes it feels like preparing the ground for the next planting season.

Most of the times they won't get lucky and good people will leave or won't have patience to slowly influence the systemic and cultural change, and the ones who stay will be compliant ones.