Comments on: Why Agile Teams Need to Embrace Risk

By: The Secret Sauce to a Hyper-Productive Team | Agile Observations from the Trenches

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:04:51 +0000

[...] culture supportive of making mistakes in pursuit of greater return results. Teams that are comfortable at making mistakes often find that [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:26:14 +0000

Hey Mike, thanks for stopping by!

For my first real post to my blog, I suppose I was a little heavy handed in saying that failure was solely a virtue. In reality, if we are truly measuring success by results, then failure is not always a virtue, not always good. The main point that I attempted to make was simply that some great things often can come from failed attempts. History is full of examples of where true inspiration came from attempting something outside of our guarantee of a positive result. And just like most other things Agile, reason needs to temper our project decisions.

I think that with a healthier attitude on outcomes that don’t always meet expectations we can pull value where sometimes value is not seen.

Thanks again for reading and commenting. I respect your opinion immensely!

By: Mike Cottmeyer

Mike Cottmeyer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:17:26 +0000

I get what you are saying here… but how does a company distinguish failure from risk taking from failure due to mediocrity. If we value outcomes… failure is failure. Is there a way to distinguish good failure from bad failure?

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Agile Observations from the Trenches » The Cargo Cult Agile Approach. — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:27:03 +0000

[...] is required in order to maintain sight of the goal for each project. Embrace your team’s ability to risk and address any portions of the culture that are at odds with a team’s ability to risk for [...]