Re: Sticking point

Glen,

"GBA" == Glen B Alleman wrote:

 GBA> I can determine what is appropriate for our project through sheer
 GBA> intellect. I and our staff can evaluate our environment, ask what
 GBA> process would benefit from improvement, what process are constrained by
 GBA> external regulations, what XP practices have worked in similar
 GBA> environments (aerospace, government, high ceremony departments). 

Up to this point, you have only hypotheses, right?..

 GBA> Unlike a private small entrepreneurial firm we do have the luxury to
 GBA> "experiment" on others peoples money, so another approach is needed
 GBA> to deploy process improvement processes.

.. which you can verify through experiment.

So, have you done experiments to verify which XP practices work in your
environment?

 GBA> Our sources for these decisions include local SPINS, XP Denver members,
 GBA> neighboring business that focus on software process improvement,
 GBA> conference proceedings, IEEE and ACM papers and articles, managers how
 GBA> have worked in XP environments, deployed XP into telecom environments
 GBA> etc. etc. etc.  

Yes, these are sources for your hypotheses and experiment setup.  What's
_your_ data?

See, I'm former scientist and I have strong distinction between hypotheses,
literature references and experiments done by myself.  Often those three
are very different.

 GBA> So when I say "can't" I mean just that "can't." Not I'm afraid
 GBA> to
 >> try,
 GBA> not I haven't tried yet. I'm not dissuading others, on the
 GBA> contrary
 >> I'm
 GBA> describing how we have moved forward within the confines of the
 GBA> DOE
 >> to
 GBA> bring appropriate XP practices to bear on the problems of the
 GBA> day.
 >> 
 >> Reread your email twice.  What I've got is that you _can_ but you
 GBA> _won't_.
 >> So, what's non-actionable in saying "I won't."?
 >> 
 GBA> [>] If you read "I can but I won't" you are correct. I won't, can't,
 GBA> prevented from doing ... because of the work environment boundaries of a
 GBA> federal agency contract. 

Isn't still _your_ decision that you "won't"?  

By insisting (sorry) on "won't" instead of "can't" I'm trying to put the
power, the free will to where it belongs originally -- to yourself.  When
one discovers he really has the power, amazing things happen...

-- 
Andrey V Khavryuchenko            http://www.kds.com.ua/
Silver Bullet Software Solutions  http://www.kds.com.ua/edu/

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