Roy, You probably know the US phrase...You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. I had this little phrase come to me, which I tease and call...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 6:03 pm
... Ok, didn't want to bother you with bunch of numbers, but usp's range is 34-43. I wouldn't pointing to this guy if numbers are close, but as you can see,...
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quinton@...
northwoodjr
Jan 5, 2009 6:06 pm
Marko, Where you are, is there anyone that manages the "people" part of the job? Where I was working with scrum, Before scrum, we had "people managers" who...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Jan 5, 2009 6:14 pm
Hello, Marko. On Monday, January 5, 2009, at 1:03:28 PM, you ... That seems to me to be a very narrow range for the others. Almost suspiciously narrow. But...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 6:17 pm
... Team (I mean developers team) is made of individuals. On Sprint planning meeting, the Team (every member) has playing cards and votes for every story. If...
35602
Peter Stevens (calend...
peterstev
Jan 5, 2009 6:19 pm
... Hi Joe, I have my consultant's corollaries to this phrase: * You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think. - You can give people good...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 6:27 pm
... We had 3 Sprints and the team is pretty small - 4 developers, guys are pretty deep in the domain, so this is not quite odd. ... As I wrote before...card...
35604
Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Jan 5, 2009 6:31 pm
... I agree. But it is not quite fair with other guys, working excellent job. How SM should act in those situations? I'm not sure why you're asking us. You...
35605
Cenk Çivici
arkoftime
Jan 5, 2009 6:40 pm
Hi, What was the main reason behind the estimate change? Was the story too big? Was there a dev task that was missed? Thanks Cenk...
35606
Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 6:46 pm
... Yes, this guy is under-producing.I would like to help him to be more productive, but I don't know how. And I'm asking about your experience with this kind...
35607
Don Gray
systemssmith
Jan 5, 2009 6:57 pm
Marko, ... Exactly what question would the team member ask? Why would it be bad if the question was asked at the retrospective? -- Don (336)414-4645 Adventure...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 6:58 pm
Exactly! You hit the point, I wasn't able to articulate. Thanks. That's the real question: Who is in charge for team morale? I suppose SM is, but is there any...
35609
aacockburn
Jan 5, 2009 7:01 pm
... never saw a role for someone to "manage the team Morale" - apparently that is just supposed to happen. I feel a bit like a broken record, but this is...
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Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Jan 5, 2009 7:01 pm
No. There's no conflict. There's no need for splitting story to several tasks (small stories), so one person takes one story/task. Of course there's situation...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
Jan 5, 2009 7:02 pm
Marco please don't take this the wrong way. We're all encouraging you to step back and reevaluate why it is you've decide that this person is a rotten apple....
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:04 pm
... "43 usp" developer could state: "19-usp guy is having problems and is committing very little usp. He/She is slowing us down. What we will do about this?"....
35613
Mark Levison
marklevison
Jan 5, 2009 7:05 pm
... Most Agile coaches wouldn't advocate dumping the managers. ... Beware individual bonuses destroy teams, see any of several papers by Mary P and please read...
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Nicolas Mohamed
nmohamedst
Jan 5, 2009 7:07 pm
... yes, IMHO they should all get the same bonus, because that's the difference between being a "team" and being some people who work together nicolas...
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Mark Levison
marklevison
Jan 5, 2009 7:07 pm
... Why would that be embarrassing? Maybe '19 usp' will say "very sorry I've been having a bad month..." or "I spend most of my time keeping sales off our back...
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Basharat Wani
basharatw
Jan 5, 2009 7:07 pm
Marco, I would at least first try doing what Mark L suggested, I think "Who do you Trust <blocked::http://www.infoq.com/articles/Who-Do-You-Trust-Linda-Rising>...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:10 pm
... Thanks, I'm aware of other benefits of pair programming, but probably not all benefits. I will try to brush the dust on this topic, I promise ;-). I just...
35618
Joseph Little
jhlittle1
Jan 5, 2009 7:12 pm
Hi Peter, We need to talk...about something else. In a day or two. Kanban: Ummm. I like Lean and Kanban is a good practice within Lean. Already part of...
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Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Jan 5, 2009 7:12 pm
"43 usp" developer could state: "19-usp guy is having problems and is committing very little usp. He/She is slowing us down. What we will do about this?". This...
35620
Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:14 pm
You're right. There's nothing wrong about bringing up truth to retrospectives meetings. But how to handle potential team internal confronting?...
35621
Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:20 pm
I'm not worrying about my bonus. It's safe, team is doing well for now, but I'm worried about possible team atmosphere ruin if this question came up. I'm not...
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Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Jan 5, 2009 7:20 pm
Alistair, I find it interesting that you discuss here the Project Manager role, and seem to assume that's the only interpretation of manager. I think this may ...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:23 pm
... Raising is not embarrassing. Team dividing on this issue, not able to get to consensus, is. ... Who and how should handle this if team cannot agree about...
35624
Stephen Bobick
sbobick2
Jan 5, 2009 7:23 pm
Is the PO happy with the Team's overall velocity (ROI)? Is the Team raising an issue concerning the individual? If not, there is no problem. It seems to me...
35625
Paul Hudson
paulhudson
Jan 5, 2009 7:24 pm
Ø I'm not worrying about my bonus. No, but the 19-usp guy may be. Ø What to do if you have real "rotten apple" in the team, who doesn't contribute at all?...
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Marko Majkic
majkic.sensei
Jan 5, 2009 7:35 pm
... Yes, for now. ... Not yet, but there were few jokes about this. ... I'm worried about possible consequences. Situation is real, I don't know how to handle...
