The Agile Community doesn't need more people who want to "go Agile"; it needs more people to successfully "be Agile".
I guess this is a follow-up point to my earlier post. We need to stop recruiting and start teaching.
Feed a man fish and he'll be hungry tomorrow. Show a man to fish, he'll feed himself.
Teach a man to teach others to fish, everyone will eventually feed themselves.
.... or something like that.
If you are an organization that makes money getting people to drool over agile and obtain certifications or take classes, but then your students can't successfully do agile... you are a parasite.
If you are an organization that makes money getting people to drool over agile and obtain certifications or take classes, and then your students successfully do agile... you are a teacher.
Subtle difference... are you a teacher or a parasite?
History speaks for itself. Go back and see what people have done in your wake!
Amen, brother.
ReplyDeleteIs it really the trainer's fault if the trainee organization doesn't use the training? I think it's a fault of the management of those people getting trained that don't encourage practice and learning.
ReplyDeleteToo often I see people go off to training to get new skills and new ways of doing things, and then come back and are forced to do the same processes in the same ways.
It doesn't matter how good the training is if the people receiving it don't get to practice it and use it.
It's also not the job of the trainer to change the organization of the people they train. Or is it?
Alex-
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point, but...
If you are training on agile, then I believe it is your responsibility to get people to understand it is more than a simple process swap.
I know that ObjectMentor and VersionOne have both had trainers stop teaching several hours into a course and revamp their syllabus on the first break when they discover the real needs of their students and environment. Vendors can't simply do what they were paid to do without regard to the needs of the environment.