How many Agile developers does it take to change a lightbulb? Four.
- one to tell you how much the old lightbulb wasted,
- one to document what you would look at, if it were light enough to see,
- one to determine whether it’s an enhancement or a bug fix, and
- one to break the news that you’ll have to sit in the dark until the following sprint.
How many marketers does it take to change a lightbulb? Three.
- one to write the business case that the ROI for the lightbulb change is $1.2 million a year,
- one to argue about project ownership — the switch is in IT but the fixture is in Marketing.
- one to complain after code complete that they assumed the new lightbulb would be halogen.
How many web analysts does it take to change a lightbulb? Three.
- one to A/B test whether productivity is higher with the new lightbulb,
- one to measure how many new people the light attracts to the area, and
- one to explain to the business why they can’t wait until two weeks after the lightbulb change to request reporting on the improvement in energy consumption.
