When people go to the doctor’s office, they often complain of superficial manifestations of a problem (i.e., “chief complaints”) that don’t present any serious concerns, but in reality, are indicators of a much more serious systemic illness.
I’ve come to the conclusion that we in the Scrum field are also dealing with a similar type of scenario.
For those of us who have been coaching for a while, it’s probably a common experience to have a team member or a manager come to us with what appears to them as a “key problem,” but in reality, turns out to be a symptom of a much more serious underlying dysfunction.
On June 1, 2015…(read more from the original post)