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    Agile and Personality Types
    Question posted 12/04/07 by Catherine C , tagged Adoption and Comparison, Challenges
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    Agile and Personality Types
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    1.     Are there certain personality types that cannot make the transition to agile?

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    • posted 12/04/07 by Catherine C
      I don't know of any Briggs-Myers personality types and agile development study. There is a post related to this here but it does not provide definitive answers, yet :). However as far as personality traits, I can think of some that would slow down an agile adoption:
      • Folks who are not accountable (they tend to never complete tasks they committed to)
      • Cowboys programmers (they tend to underestimate tasks, overcommit and not collaborate with others)
      • Undecisive folks as product owners (they can't make decisions - the #1 expected skill of a product owner in my mind)
      • Dictators (they will break the spirit of individual commitments)
      • Finger pointers (they will negatively impact healthy discussions)
      But I tend to believe in people's ability to change, so those who behave that way on traditional projects may change when adopting agile! This is an area where a neutral coach can help a team adopt agile principles and change behaviors without personal judgment hurting people's feelings.

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    • posted 09/27/08 by Catherine C

      A good insight on this topic at this Agilistas post....

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