RE: Responsibility
"Kent Beck" <kent-hJ4WY/gWbur3XBa+dPFJ6Fr/[email protected]>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: > sentto-8233308-1216-1039809206-kent=threeriversinstitute.org@r > eturns.groups.yahoo.com > [mailto:sentto-8233308-1216-1039809206-kent=threeriversinstitu > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Emery > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [XC] Responsibility > > > > Hi Kent, > > > I recently had the weird experience of having a VP of > Marketing "check > > out" of an XP effort that all 100 other people in the organization > > seemed eager to begin. > > What was the VP's role in the effort? Do you know his > reasons for checking out? Don't know. Don't know. His (to me irrational) argument was that marketing is an outward looking activity. He wanted to be responsible for positioning and competitive analysis, but he wanted product management to be development's responsibility. To me this gives far too much muscle to the development organization. Kent ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/CBxunD/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/NhFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: extremecustomering-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/