[virmundi]

I'm in the lovely town of Palatka.

My team was entirely new. It was built around a core of two people: myself and a systems admin. We directed the bulk of the technical decisions.

Looking back, the problem was a cult of personality driven by both of us. We were the go-to guys for everything. The rest of the team didn't get, or expect much say in the overarching design. I tried to ease myself out of the cult leader into more of a director when I moved.

That easing didn't work. People just kinda drifted off. Things got done, but details were over looked.

We had stand ups everyday, but most people wouldn't give granular enough responses to figure out the burn down, etc. As a tech lead I didn't have much pull on trying to get them to be more scrum-y.

The ethos of the team seems to be more like the Mangalores from 5th Element. Without a tangible head, fiefdoms arose.