I saw this and just wanted to share it. What a great summary of how Agile development so often goes wrong!
I love this part in particular:
There needs to be an absolute lack of fear around punishment or reprisal for negative information.
Someone who fears reprisal will withhold information. This is especially significant on under-performing or troubled teams.
Look at teams that are behind schedule (and not by a small amount), and you’ll tend to find that people usually know what the problem is. Yet if they’re not able to communicate that, well, things go south quick.
