5.10. Change Facilitation
Here is a practical suggestion. Rename your change control process to the change facilitation process. Get beyond the inherent mindset that change is bad and therefore must be controlled. Change must be welcomed and expected in an adaptive process model.
“Traditionalists view deviations as errors to be eliminated. Even worse, they view those who make the mistakes as lazy, careless, inattentive, or maybe even dumb.” (Highsmith, 2000)[5]
[5] Reprinted with the permission of Dorset House Publishing from Adaptive Software Development by James A. Highsmith III. Copyright © 2000 by James A. Highsmith III, pg. 42. All rights reserved.
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