| Greed and Gluttony |
On your way over to the team space, Patrick asks you how the team’s situation compares to those of other teams with whom you’ve worked. You assure him that it isn’t at all unusual.
“Every team follows a cycle, much like the four seasons,” you say. “At present, the team’s between autumn and winter. This means that they’ve been doing the same things the same way for a while and are now stuck in a rut. Yesterday, we made that rut visible, along with all the other problems we face.”
Patrick tells you that the current situation is reminiscent of the extenuating circumstances that made the team try agile in the first place. The company was in dire straits at the time, which forced the team members, and the whole company, to ...
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