If you were planning to attend the XP Days Benelux on 16-17 November in Mechelen, Belgium this year, don't wait too long to register. The early registration...
Hello all, the next XP Belgium meeting will be hosted by XPlore on Friday, November 3rd in Grimbergen. Yves and Ignace Hanoulle will run their "Help! Mijn team...
Valtech (http://www.valtech.fr) organizes a free half day seminar on "Adopting Agile methods" in Paris on December 5th. The program contains: - Continuous...
The November Pair Programming party takes place on 14/11/2006 in Mechelen. Register at http://wiki.xp.be/Xpbe/PairProgrammingParty2006November14.html if you ...
Hi I have a question. Do you remember seeing a paper, or an article about how to "sell" scrum (or any other agile development approach) to a client more ...
Hi, So you would like to know what is the best way to sell agility to non-agile companies? I have the feeling you get a lot of resistance when you sell the...
Yves, Thanks for your interesting response. Let me try to apply it right away. :-) What I hear you saying is that one should strive to create an honest and...
... If the documents and artifacts are mandated by the customer, I will deliver them. I will factor this work into my cost. Most of the time it's not too...
... Sorry Pascal I do not agree with this. Because we work agile, we might see thing quicker and because of that decide to stop the project. Do you call this...
We had a session on "Selling XP to managers" in 2002: http://wiki.xp.be/Xpbe/XpBeMeeting01072002.html The outcome of the meeting: find the worst problem, solve...
Yesterday I was at a seminar given By Stephan R Covey. What I witnessed there was that the biggest problem for people (including myself) is (empatic)...
... I don't call stopping a project a failure. Often it's the best thing to do. I've stopped several projects. I wish I had stoppped a few more :-) The...
Exactly my point. That is why I am not "afraid" to use the term XP from the beginning of the project. Met vriendelijke groeten, Yves Hanoulle, Project-Coach ...
... Well, I am afraid. For two reasons: - there have been some failed "agile" projects in this organisation, so there's a bit of stigma. There's also some...
... I agree, This is why I first listen. When I think Z is the solution, and I know Z I will, explain why I think it is the solution. And if Z is XP, scrum, a...
Don't forget the December Pair Programming Party on 12/12/2006 in Mechelen. Do you want to experience what pair programming is? Do you want to experiment with...
Hello, Marketeers (btw I am not a marketeer) split up their market by personae. I'd probably split the market for custom software development in 2 personae: 1)...
I am puzzled with a few things in your mail. Please explain to me "The soft core Command & Control Corporations" For me a "command and control corporation"...
Hello, If I had a chance to add a 5th value to the agile manifesto it would be the 'Freedom & Responsibility' over 'Command & Control'. It's important to note...
For me there is totally no relation between the contract a person has and the way he is treated by his boss. I have been in all three positions, and I have...
Hello, ... has and the way he is treated by his boss. Your partially right on this one. It is actually not the contract but the law that states that the ...
... Yes and no. It is not because a boss treats me like this, that he is actually controlling me. It is my choice to stay working there. That boss has totally...
Don't forget the last PPP of the year this tuesday. Register at http://wiki.xp.be/Xpbe/PairProgrammingParty2006December12.html See you there Pascal Van...
Hi Pascal, can't make it to that one, but I'm very interested in visiting a session. Any news on a West-Flanders based session? I thought Vera told me there...
Hello Yves, You are approaching Agile mainly from a psychological perspective. This approach is of course very important, but I tried to add another approach,...
Hello Koen, Maybe I am too tired. I do not understand what you see as a difference between psychological or philosophical/sociological. What you write, feels...
I work on two projects as an agile project-coach. One of them is in Roeselare, close to where Bernard is doing his agile work. I am not aware of any...
An interesting talk on Lean: Mary Poppendieck on "Competing on the basis of speed" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5105910452864283694 Enjoy! -- ...
Beste, Graag hadden we net als vorig jaar een boodschap op jullie site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xp-be/ gezet. Kunnen jullie onderstaand bericht opnieuw...
