On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 10:43:44 PM, Gary Feldman wrote:
>> The disadvantage is that you sometimes need to explain something
>> more than once. ...
> It strikes me that there are other disadvantages. People
> misremember, often without realizing it.
That would be why part of the process is to convert the discussion
to executable tests. That would also be why the team sits together,
to reinforce and enrich understanding as time goes on.
> Some people do much better with visual input than aural input.
Yes, and tactile. Both of those facts are part of why cards work
better than spreadsheets or planning tools, for example.
> And while I'm not sure that writing is any more difficult than
> discussion, the effort does have the advantage of encouraging the
> writer to think a bit more about what's being expressed. People
> can't listen to themselves while they talk, but they can read what
> they've written; they may not be terribly good at proofreading
> their own writing, but it's still more than they can do with their
> own extemporaneous speech.
Writing is a good way to organize one's thoughts, and a wise
Customer would perhaps use a journal to write her thoughts in all
the time. She would then use her deeper thought, and her practice
with words, to tell people things they need to know. She would not
expect her developers to be able to learn from her brain dump.
> This doesn't mean that everything needs to be written and saved
> forever, just that the balance between discussion and writing
> isn't black and white.
I'm all for writing. I'm not so much for reading. But nothing is
black and white, not even black and white.
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
I'm giving the best advice I have. You get to decide whether it's true for you.
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