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Agile - Ant and Lion fable

Ant and Lion story: I am not the creator of this story. I got this as an e-mail forward. There are many things I can relate to with respect to process inclusion in organizations. Before I blabber a lot let me write the story. There is a link to the story in slide share. Ant and Lion fable Lion was the king of jungle. There was an ant in the jungle which arrives to the work early everyday. It will start the work immediately. Ant will do the work without any supervision. Ant was also happy with the end results of her work. Lion observed this and started wondering if the ant can do so much work without supervision how much it will be able to accomplish with a supervisor? Lion hired a cockroach who claimed to be a good supervisor. Also cockroach was very good in preparing reports. Cockroach was working in a big organization. It decided to implement a attendance system with time. Cockroach also wanted a secretary to type his reports. He hired a spider to archive the documents and attend all