RE: looking for Love Rats

Interesting.  I’ve never seen this before.  I think I’d be very hesitant to refer to a team member as a rat.

 

Do you have a source for the item below?

 

*  Jean

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2016 12:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] looking for Love Rats

 

  

Curious, in my jargon, rats are:

 

RATS 

*        ▸  They are deceiver types who will use the trust of the team to gain insight into topics so they can then “rat” on what is going on to others. 

*        ▸  Often on Agile teams, they are really deceivers because they are really anti-Agile or just plain negative people. 

*        ▸  They often know the decisions that are made based on certain contexts that the team is in, but will twist the truth in order to bring the project down. 

*        ▸  It is important to identify these deceivers as quickly as possible and get them off the team. 


            
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On 9 Dec 2016, at 20:04, 'Jean Richardson' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

 

There was a CST in the world who was recommending Love Rats as a squeaker/attention getter for teams to use when someone was ratholing.  It struck me as strange when I first heard about it, but I’ve found these guys are really handy in helping team members who can’t get a word in edgewise to make their observations clear.  My rat supply is gaspingly low, and I see they’ve been discontinued.

 

Anyone know of another supplier or have a rat or two they’d like to re-home?  I’ve got some change burning a hole in my pocket . . . 

 

--- Jean

 

 

 


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