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Comic Agilé Volume One: When agility meets reality - and how to manage it
Comic Agilé depicts the magical, depressing, funny and potentially educational moments that occur when agility meets reality. Through the form of short comic strips, Comic Agilé brings to a head the challenges, misunderstandings and ill-intentioned behavior that makes it so difficult to put the agile mindset into practice. Besides the tragicomic storytelling of the agile comic, accompanying texts describe how to avoid, manage or improve the illustrated situations, so the readers are left with a burning desire to return to their contexts and improve their agile practices and organizations. For the sake of humanity.
- GenresHumor
162 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2021
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May 28, 2024[ Scene : A retrospective meeting with a facilitator and five team members. They are sitting in a circle with a flip chart and some sticky notes. ]
Facilitator :
- Welcome to our retrospective, gentlemen. The goal of this meeting is to reflect on our last sprint and identify what went well, what went wrong, and what we can improve.
Team Member 1 :
- Sounds good.
Facilitator :
- Let's start with a warm-up exercise. I want each of you to write down one word that describes how you feel about the last sprint on a sticky note.
Team Member 2 :
- Ok.
[ The team members write down their words and stick them on the flip chart. The words are " Frustrated " , " Exhausted ", " Angry ", " Depressed ", and " Dead ".
Facilitator :
- Alright, let's see what we have here...Hmm... it seems that you all had a very negative experience .
Team Member 3 :
- You can say that again.
Facilitator :
- Well, don't worry, we're here to learn from our mistakes and find ways to make things better.
Let's move on to the next exercise. I want each of you to write down one thing that you liked about the last sprint on a sticky note.
Team Member 1 :
- One thing ?
Facilitator :
- Yes, one thing.
[ The team members write down their things and stick them on the flip chart . The things are " Cofee ", " Lunch break ", " Friday ", " Nothing ", and " Sex ".
Facilitator :
- Oh, dear, it seems that you all had a very low satisfaction, with one exception.
Team Member 5 :
- You think ?
Facilitator :
- Hmm... Let's move on to the final exercise . I want each of you to write down one thing that you want to change about the next sprint on a sticky note.
[ The team members write down their things and stick them on the flip chart. The things are " Scrum Master ", " Product Owner ", " Project Manager ", " Everything ", and " Sex ".
Facilitator :
- Oh, it seems like you all had a very high dissatisfaction.
Team Member 1 :
- You don't say.
Facilitator :
- Well , maybe we should just end this meeting and go home....
Team Member 1 :
- Best idea ever.
Team Member 2 :
- Agreed.
Team Member 3 :
- Great.
Team Member 4 :
- Excellent .
Team Member 5 :
- No sex ??
Facilitator :
- Welcome to our retrospective, gentlemen. The goal of this meeting is to reflect on our last sprint and identify what went well, what went wrong, and what we can improve.
Team Member 1 :
- Sounds good.
Facilitator :
- Let's start with a warm-up exercise. I want each of you to write down one word that describes how you feel about the last sprint on a sticky note.
Team Member 2 :
- Ok.
[ The team members write down their words and stick them on the flip chart. The words are " Frustrated " , " Exhausted ", " Angry ", " Depressed ", and " Dead ".
Facilitator :
- Alright, let's see what we have here...Hmm... it seems that you all had a very negative experience .
Team Member 3 :
- You can say that again.
Facilitator :
- Well, don't worry, we're here to learn from our mistakes and find ways to make things better.
Let's move on to the next exercise. I want each of you to write down one thing that you liked about the last sprint on a sticky note.
Team Member 1 :
- One thing ?
Facilitator :
- Yes, one thing.
[ The team members write down their things and stick them on the flip chart . The things are " Cofee ", " Lunch break ", " Friday ", " Nothing ", and " Sex ".
Facilitator :
- Oh, dear, it seems that you all had a very low satisfaction, with one exception.
Team Member 5 :
- You think ?
Facilitator :
- Hmm... Let's move on to the final exercise . I want each of you to write down one thing that you want to change about the next sprint on a sticky note.
[ The team members write down their things and stick them on the flip chart. The things are " Scrum Master ", " Product Owner ", " Project Manager ", " Everything ", and " Sex ".
Facilitator :
- Oh, it seems like you all had a very high dissatisfaction.
Team Member 1 :
- You don't say.
Facilitator :
- Well , maybe we should just end this meeting and go home....
Team Member 1 :
- Best idea ever.
Team Member 2 :
- Agreed.
Team Member 3 :
- Great.
Team Member 4 :
- Excellent .
Team Member 5 :
- No sex ??
September 19, 2021
Brilliant way to capture the essence of agile methodologies and the misconceptions that are generally involved.
January 2, 2023
Made me laugh out loud quite a few times! Would totally recommend to anyone that’s even remotely associated with the IT industry.
The only thing that bothered me a little was the difficulty in reading the panels; since I was using my phone for the most part, this became a little cumbersome.
The only thing that bothered me a little was the difficulty in reading the panels; since I was using my phone for the most part, this became a little cumbersome.
February 20, 2022
Awesome read
Awesome read .. brought smile on face several occasions which means people can easily connect with the book and it's content !!
Awesome read .. brought smile on face several occasions which means people can easily connect with the book and it's content !!
January 15, 2022
So refreshing to see humor made out of painful situations Agile Coaches, POs and Devs go through.
I’ve worked as an Agile Coach and later as an “Agile Project Manager”. When I asked how could that be agile, the interviewer said “it’s easy: we do a mix of waterfall due to client contracts and agile to deliver fast and with no plans” - red flag 🚩 still gave that role a chance realized that, in the end, they wanted what the majority of organizations want:
⭐️ a Project Manager who can report on weekly all the details, including why velocity decreased so that they can send outcontractors your way to “speed up delivery” for a week and budget tracking because… well… clients are not willing to pay infinite money.
⭐️ an Agile Coach to guide and train the teams through continuous improvement and agile principles but not that well because there’s no time to handle documentation nor tech debt
⭐️ a Scrum Master because… ceremonies
⭐️ a Product Owner because no one was doing that job and there must be a person to make accountable for issues with clients other than the sponsor in the management team.
All in one. All of these hats in one person working 8h a day.
Loved the book and I’ll definitely pay attention to new comics released by Comic Agilé. I am taking advantage of this to coach my team in agile mindset and practices by showing them, with a little laugh, why many times agility takes the blame for disaster transformations
I’ve worked as an Agile Coach and later as an “Agile Project Manager”. When I asked how could that be agile, the interviewer said “it’s easy: we do a mix of waterfall due to client contracts and agile to deliver fast and with no plans” - red flag 🚩 still gave that role a chance realized that, in the end, they wanted what the majority of organizations want:
⭐️ a Project Manager who can report on weekly all the details, including why velocity decreased so that they can send outcontractors your way to “speed up delivery” for a week and budget tracking because… well… clients are not willing to pay infinite money.
⭐️ an Agile Coach to guide and train the teams through continuous improvement and agile principles but not that well because there’s no time to handle documentation nor tech debt
⭐️ a Scrum Master because… ceremonies
⭐️ a Product Owner because no one was doing that job and there must be a person to make accountable for issues with clients other than the sponsor in the management team.
All in one. All of these hats in one person working 8h a day.
Loved the book and I’ll definitely pay attention to new comics released by Comic Agilé. I am taking advantage of this to coach my team in agile mindset and practices by showing them, with a little laugh, why many times agility takes the blame for disaster transformations
December 29, 2025
Perfect for anyone in IT or Agile. Funny and packed with useful insights.
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