On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:47:35 -0500, Ron Jeffries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Beck said a long time ago that he felt that the existence of two > roles, customer and programmer, in XP was a flaw, but that he > couldn't see how to get rid of it. I tend to agree. > > In a smoothly-running team, the roles blur to an amazing degree, and > in that blurring lies power. Isn't this a bit of a bootstrapping problem? SOMEONE needs to have a need that starts the project? And someone needs to arbitrate when there are choices that seem equally good.... I agree that the great thing is when everyone seems like they are on the same team (which they, in fact, are...)... (On a related note, the idea of Development, QA, and Release Engineering Teams with handoffs between them is also a source of problems in many organizations... while there may well be some degree of specialization, everyone needs to own the resulting product...) -Steve -- Steve Berczuk | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.berczuk.com SCM Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration www.scmpatterns.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
