Scrum and the agile movement in general have created a divisive environment between traditional project management and agile roles. This divisiveness has allowed accidental agile bullies on both sides to take root. Together, let’s reset on what agility and success mean and talk through actions we can all take to repair relationships and reestablish safety across our organizations.
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5. unwanted, aggressive
behavior that involves
a real or perceived
power imbalance
https://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/index.html
7. 65.6 Maffected by bullying, including
targets and witnesses
https://www.business.com/articles/the-cold-hard-facts-about-workplace-bullying-and-how-to-handle-it/
8. 69%of bullies are men
60%of targets are women
https://www.business.com/articles/the-cold-hard-facts-about-workplace-bullying-and-how-to-handle-it/
9. 61%of bullying targets end
up losing their job
https://www.business.com/articles/the-cold-hard-facts-about-workplace-bullying-and-how-to-handle-it/
12. Larman, C., Vodde, B. (2017). Large Scale Scrum, More with LeSS (p. 64).
“Most LeSS adoptions can
immediately eliminate the
project manager role”
“It’s likely they would regularly
interrupt people and introduce
conflicting priorities.”
49. For More on This Topic
& Mental Models
Google
“My Agile is better than your Agile” by Hala Saleh
Cargo Cult Agile
Read
https://age-of-product.com/scrum-master-anti-patterns-job-ads/
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/mental-models/
“The Fifth Discipline” by Peter Senge
“The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook” by Peter Senge