Agile is not going to work for me!

This is not my statement. This is the initial statement I keep hearing when people are introduced to Agile. During lunch today, a (heated) discussion started around Agile and the folks are from the testing team. To start with, they are not convinced with the scrum standup calls. When asked how they are doing it, the reply was they are doing it once a week with 18 members in the team! Well, is that a stand up call? When asked the same question, the answer I got back was standup call is no different than a status meeting. Hmmmm, I have no words to describe my feelings. Grossly disgusting. Agile and the tenets of Agile are being misconstrued and misinterepreted.

What Lead are you?

While talking to my friend on the weekend an interesting discussion spurred up around the roles we have in our organizations. Top of the mind, recall - Team Lead, Tech Lead, Dev Lead, Solution Lead, Design Lead..Jeez, the list goes on..the thing that I'm not able to comprehend is why do we need so many roles? My observation is that the teams are always self organizing and would naturally select a tech authority [perhaps a new role has been coined ;-)] and would not consult a personally who is formally appointed as Tech Lead.