It's A Multi-Player Game

Refactoring the team is a long process, in steps, each of which causes some pain, but each of which leads a step closer to the golden city that is the perfect Agile Process. Here are some of the things to expect along the way:

• Once you have started playing the game, you cannot stop until you reach the end.
• You must not disobey the rules of the game, or you will suffer the consequences
• All moves will have dire consequences which will take you away from your original plan.
• In the calm between moves, you must make the next move.
• Some people will get stuck in the game forever if you are not careful.
• You have no idea what you are about to unleash.

At various points along the way you should take some time with the team to see if they think you're finished. This process is called jumanji. If the team thinks everything is perfect, then you have to show them otherwise by unleashing some more arbitrary rules or constraints which knock down their already flimsy house-of-cards of a grip on their sanity, jobs and way of life. If the team thinks that they must become increasingly extreme in order to complete the game, then you are doing your job well and the rewards shall be yours.