There is a useful parable, that organizes the roles of people involved in Agile Software Development¹. It groups people into two roles, Chickens and Pigs, and it goes like this:

A pig and a chicken are walking down a road. The chicken looks at the pig and says, "Hey, why don't we open a restaurant?" The pig looks back at the chicken and says, "Good idea, what do you want to call it?" The chicken thinks about it and says, "Why don't we call it 'Ham and Eggs'?" "I don't think so," says the pig, "I'd be committed but you'd only be involved."

The point — Pigs are the ones involved who write and deliver software, while the Chickens in the project are interested in the outcome but aren't directly writing software. The needs, desires, ideas and influences of the Chickens are important and taken into account, but not in a way that would prevent the completion of the project by the Pigs.

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