Empower the Team

You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

Could it be … Agile ?? No, but was close enough. It turned out to be Trust.

as presented in one of Patrick Lencioni’s books – “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”:

Poor results in software industry suggest there is something in the way… at what level ?

The definition of SMART on You Learn Something New Every Day blog:

Sufficient Vocabulary
Major Goals
Appropriate Timeframe
Right Examples
Trusting Partners

vs

SMART as used in software develoment projects:

Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-Bound

Trust, big picture, ubiquituous language, proper examples seem to be second hand concepts for the software develoment world… and that’s because… software developers are WIZZARDS !