On Friday, December 31, 2004, at 2:45:45 PM, Steve Berczuk wrote:
>> XP 2nd Edition has a similar comment about "the inherent reflection
>> time build into the synchronous style". My first thought was, if
>> reflection is important, why do I need an excuse to take time to do it?
> This was my point... Rituals are nice, and you can argue that 'low
> tech' can force you to think about what you are doing more than 'high
> tech/ behind the scenes' processes. But the right answer is often that
> you should not use 'the need for reflection' (for example) as a reason
> to not do things better/faster. If they are, in fact, better and
> faster!
Very slippery slope here. We are strongly affected by our tools.
Those of us who have gone all the way to working with cards have
reason to think that one should start that way rather than with one
of the excellent tools that are available.
Those of us who pair program side by side have reason to think that
it is very much better than pairing over high speed VPN with web
cams and instant messaging.
Those of us who have had the whole team in the room ...
Those of us who have focused on conversation rather than paper ...
I would not start a team with an over-the-wall build. Faster and
better is often not what we think.
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
Agility is not an inescapable law of purity
but a pragmatic principle of effectiveness. -- Marc Hamann
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