Knowing the basics of being agile is essential for any agile leader, but out in the trenches, a good agilist must be ready to identify and deal with agile anti-patterns to help their team and organization move forward. What's an agile anti-pattern? Something that at first blush may seem benign or even useful—but in practice is usually dangerous to an agile initiative. These are often first expressed as harmless-sounding quotes from your team such as “I was pulled off this sprint and put onto an emergency project. Again.” Although often slippery to catch, it's important to identify these...
Adam Weisbart
Weisbart Consulting
A Certified Scrum Trainer and agile coach, Adam Weisbart is passionate about helping organizations use Scrum to improve transparency, innovation, predictability, and happiness. Adam has created several training modules including Build Your Own Scrum, used by trainers worldwide to teach Scrum without a boring lecture. He's the creator of the viral video Sh*t Bad ScrumMasters Say, the baker of retrospective cookies, and the host of the weekly podcast Agile Answers. When he's not teaching, Adam is likely blogging or cycling some ridiculous distance on a hilly road.