Agile Managers Need To Turn Their Thinking Upside-Down
by Kelly Waters, 14 July 2007 | Agile Leadership
Managers in agile development need to turn their thinking upside down.
The manager works for the team. Not the other way around. Their role is to provide the necessary support to enable the team to perform consistently at their best. They do this by making sure the team has everything they need to deliver, and by removing any obstacles that get in their way or slow the team down.
Of course there are also policy and governance aspects of a managers role within a corporation, which can’t be ignored or necessarily described appropriately in this way. However I think it’s still a useful way to think of a managers role in agile development.
A manager also has to balance their role supporting the team with the constraints of the organisation. And manage everyone’s expectations accordingly. Often, this is not at all easy, or we’d all be fab managers! :-)
Kelly.
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