Test: are you an Agil-ist?
- Do you welcome change also when change is about changing to an Agile method other then your favorite one?
- Do you welcome diversity/dissent also when it's about your favorite methodology?
- Do you believe in collective distributed bottom-up decision making also when talks affect your idea of authority and leadership?
- When discussing, is your priority to try to prove you are right?
- Do you believe that discussions about technical topics can be effectively decided by authority?
- Do you feel affronted or offended (by the crime of lese-majesty maybe) when someone criticize your favorite Lean or Agile method/framework?
- Do you count on thought leaders (or on self-appointed high priests of a Lean or Agile methodology and their church)?
- When someone ask for example "Is TDD mainly about testing, requirements documentation or design?" do you think there is only one right answer for every situation?
- Your discussions and social interactions at work, in the professional communities and through the social media are motivated by creating a hierarchy and put yourself on top?
- Are you affected by Tribal instinct (us vs them) and do you show an alpha-male behavior (I know best) when discussing?
Test: are you an Agile practitioner?
- Do you consider essential for the solution of complex matters a variety of prospective and diversity in experiences and opinions?
- Do you think that strong motivated disagreements are licit, can be useful and be a natural part of complex challenges and you welcome them when they come in good and respectful conversations?
- Do you believe that respect is given not earned, that all opinions have same dignity, that they can be proven right or wrong and that they can simply come from different prospective and assumptions?
- When discussing, is your priority to search mutual understanding and learning from each prospective?
- Do you believe that discussions can be decided by authority only in religion, in politic, in sects, in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes?
- Do you consider natural that someone can criticize your favorite Lean or Agile method/framework and point to ambiguities and inconsistencies because they are inherent in any method/framework and discussing them contribute to continuous improvements?
- Do you count on good ideas that work in practice?
- When someone ask for example "Is TDD mainly about testing, requirements documentation or design?" do you think the answer depend on the specific context, project, team and organization?
- Your discussions and social interactions at work, in the professional communities and through the social media are motivated by sharing knowledge and experience and working toward a common purpose?
- Do you show emotional intelligence (us and them) and do you base your professional judgment on rational thinking and practical experience (data, empirical evidences and proven facts)?
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