The Agile methods themselves contain the bare minimum management skills a geek needs to know in order to create great work experiences.
An Agile manager values
- Making sense over making decisions.
- Small wins over big efforts.
- Initiative over instruction.
- Reflective improvement over following procedures.
- Sustainability over quick fixes.
- Discovery and exploration over rules and regulations.
Learning outcomes
- Forget about making decisions. Focus on making sense.
- Take care of the small wins and the big wins will take care of themselves.
- Agile means you’re always learning; in other words, you’re always wrong.
- Remove command and control and initiative will take its place.