People are Weak, Teams are Strong!

If you are familiar with Scrum, you have probably read that Scrum is different. It's different from the management point of view, but also from the developer perspective. In an expert organization where everyone has been a sort of a super hero, it feels weird to suddenly be part of a team. No-one is telling you what you should do next. And you have to be in close collaboration with your team members; possibly for the first time during your career.

Although in literature I often see that the lack of management support is a big impediment for Scrum adoption, I'd say that the employees themselves can also create interesting challenges.

It takes time before people accept the fact that they can get more done when they work as a team. If you have five tasks and five people it is not the most efficient way to start working on all of those at the same time. If you are familiar with Lean this is probably crystal clear to you. But in real life, it's not so easy to let go of the old habits.

Alone you can do small things, but if you are aiming to go higher, I advice you to take a team with you!