That is good advice for "drivers", but does not really help "vehicle providers". We are pretty good at "driving" our own "vehicles"; on our own projects. ...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Dec 1, 2010 3:13 am
Hi Ron, ... I promised you something a bit more positive. Well I've got further in the book now so here it is :) It's interesting the reactions to what I...
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Kay
tranzpuppy
Nov 30, 2010 5:22 pm
Hey Dave, ... Oh, thanks for that!! Reminds me of the actor's life... 1. Who is Russell Crowe? 2. Get me Russell Crowe. 3. Get me a young Russel Crowe. 4. Who...
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Kay
tranzpuppy
Nov 30, 2010 5:07 pm
In my opinion, we can NEVER fix *everyone* *and* *everything* *instantaneously*. We shouldn't even *consider* doing that much less *try* to... BUT, We *can*...
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D.André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Nov 30, 2010 9:56 am
... Won't that patience just allow for more wandering? I'd rather see a team focus on something for 3 months, measuring/observing improvement. This is ...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 29, 2010 2:51 pm
Hi Charlie, ... Well Ron thinks it makes me a Nihilist. I guess that means there are at least two of us :) Regards, Paul....
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Dave Rooney
daverooneyca
Nov 29, 2010 2:01 pm
... Interesting. Sounds like Level 2 of the Extreme Programming Maturity Model: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingMaturityModel ... -- Dave Rooney ...
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Joshua Kerievsky
jlk112067
Nov 29, 2010 12:20 pm
... My colleagues and I continue to practice this stuff as part of building and selling software to people and companies around the globe. We're closing in on...
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Charlie Poole
cpoole98370
Nov 29, 2010 12:05 pm
I've lost track of the topic here. :-) I entirely agree that we have enough labels and that we can't transform organizations (to which we don't belong) ...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Nov 29, 2010 11:54 am
Hello, PAUL. On Monday, November 29, 2010, at 6:46:35 AM, you ... Of course. Any nihilist would say that. :) Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com There's a...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 29, 2010 11:46 am
Hi Ron, Nihilistic? No I'd say realistic. Gerald Wienberg talks about an affliction called Optimitis which I think all us problem solvers suffer from...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Nov 29, 2010 11:34 am
Hello, PAUL. On Monday, November 29, 2010, at 6:18:34 AM, you ... Well, to me, your original posting was so nihilistic as to make me wonder why you bothered...
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paulbaldowski
Nov 29, 2010 11:31 am
... If nothing else, reading this post certainly raised a smile this morning. It did, however, rouse a few thoughts as well. I have come to my current role on...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 29, 2010 11:18 am
Hi, I didn't say that people are claiming they have a silver bullet (although some come pretty close :)), no I said that there is this idea that if we look...
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D.André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Nov 29, 2010 10:44 am
... Where do you see people claiming to have a silver bullet? I'm interested in specific citations. -- D. André Dhondt mobile: 215-805-0819 skype:...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 28, 2010 6:27 pm
Hi D'Arcy, ... I think the authors intended it to be read as a single statement, so we will never know cause and effect for sure. Given that we will never know...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Nov 28, 2010 5:03 pm
Hello, Michael. On Sunday, November 28, 2010, at 10:57:01 AM, you ... Do you have a proof of that? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Assume that anything you...
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Michael Hill
uly562000
Nov 28, 2010 3:57 pm
Paul... But I didn't mean to undermine your final notion, there. Patience. Much patience. Hill [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Michael Hill
uly562000
Nov 28, 2010 3:57 pm
Paul... a) rationality is overrated. b) unrationality is not something you can avoid by going meta. I always aim for being kind. I don't always hit it. Seeya, ...
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D'Arcy J.M. Cain
darcy@...
Nov 28, 2010 3:29 pm
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:28:57 -0000 ... There are two parts to that statement. I believe the first but not the second. Yes there are underlying relationships...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 28, 2010 9:29 am
Hi All, I have come to accept that three widely held assumptions about organisations are in fact false: 1. The assumption of order: that there are underlying ...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 27, 2010 4:59 pm
Hi Ron, Not sure which context you are referring to, specifically. Assuming you mean how do you get organisations to move further and faster then they want to?...
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Ron Jeffries
RonaldEJeffries
Nov 27, 2010 12:56 pm
Hello, PAUL. On Saturday, November 27, 2010, at 3:47:50 AM, you ... And what is your specific suggestion in this context? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
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PAUL
beckfordp...
Nov 27, 2010 8:47 am
Hi All, Late to the discussion. It's interesting that we are focusing on the vehicle and mostly ignoring the person in the driving seat. I've been reading...
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Bachan Anand
s_bachus
Nov 23, 2010 1:33 pm
FREE Webinar :: What is an Agile Coach, Really? An Interactive Webinar with Lyssa Adkins & Michael Spayd on Nov 29th ...
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Mike Shalloway
netobjectives
Nov 20, 2010 11:59 am
I wanted to invite everyone to the second webinar in our current free webinar series, Scrum, Lean and Kanban: A Pragmatic Webinar...
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onlyareminder
Nov 19, 2010 12:49 am
What: New England Agile Bazaar December meeting Topic: Agile Metrics, Reporting and Diagnostics Plus: New Agile 101 Courses! Speaker: Giora Morein When:...
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D.André Dhondt
wile_e_kycodey
Nov 18, 2010 12:54 am
For people elsewhere in the world, the Agile Alliance has a pretty decent list of user groups: http://www.agilealliance.org/resources/agile-user-groups/ If you...
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Jussi Mononen
jussi_kiloif
Nov 17, 2010 7:08 am
... Maybe I have just been lucky and my co-workers have been adults. Of course I see the occasional "why they did this" or "Can't they make anything right" but...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Nov 17, 2010 12:45 am
Agreed. It is not the notion of commitement that I am avoiding. It is a misunderstanding around what it means to commit and how we should respond when we don't...
