Hello Everyone
Harmonious initiative really captures the intent of collaboration. Ok yes, it sounds like synergy but the terms "collaboration" and "synergy" have been so over used by everyone that most people are deaf to what these terms means. Introducing a new term like harmonious inititive may open up a few ears. Further, this is really not a new term, it's a practice from the USMC warfighting manual from 20 years ago. I know using military metaphors for businss is tricky but I think the intent behind the term "harmonious initiative" is one that we can really use in the business world. This is a term that is new to most people in the software (and business) world, and while we have to explain it, because it is new, and has a certain intuitive ring to it, people may be more open to listening to what our explanation is for it. best regards, Steve Adolph From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Per Kroll Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:23 PM To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List Cc: 'Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [epf-dev] Alternative for "whole team" Hi, the reason I suggested that we change to something different that Whole Team is that I always need to explain what the practice is about... I think that "Harmonious Initiative' will need no less explaining... I think that something like "Team Collaboration" would be more descriptive... Cheers /Per _____________________________________________ Per Kroll STSM, Chief Architect IBM Rational Expertise Development & Innovation (REDI) Project Lead: Eclipse Process Framework (M) 408-219-2963 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ "Steve Adolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/07/2008 01:53 AM Please respond to Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List <epf-dev@eclipse.org> To "'Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List'" <epf-dev@eclipse.org> cc Subject RE: [epf-dev] Alternative for "whole team" Ironic that you say that because the term comes from the USMC Warfighting Manual. :-) Oh by the way, here is the paper I was suppose to attach to the original e-mail. best regards, Steve Adolph -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott W. Ambler Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 4:15 AM To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List Subject: Re: [epf-dev] Alternative for "whole team" I like "harmonious initiative" but it sounds sort of Maoist in a way. - Scott On Fri, July 4, 2008 7:06 pm, Steve Adolph said: > Hello everyone: > > > > During Wednesday's committers telecon I piped off about a German word > for > whole team - unfortunately the word I was thinking of "Einheit" > translates > more towards unity or trust than what we intend with whole team. However, > another phrase I was thinking of is "harmonious initiative" . This term is > one used by the UMSC to describe effective decentralized command. I > presented a research paper describing harmonious initiative at Agile 2005. > I've attached a copy of the paper to this paper for your reading enjoyment > :-) > > > > Chat with you all next week. > > > > best regards, > > Steve Adolph > > _______________________________________________ > epf-dev mailing list > epf-dev@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev > Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/leadership/leaders/#scott http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/ambler http://www.ambysoft.com/onlineWritings.html _______________________________________________ epf-dev mailing list epf-dev@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev [attachment "agilepaper2005.pdf" deleted by Per Kroll/Cupertino/IBM] _______________________________________________ epf-dev mailing list epf-dev@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev
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