Re: XP/XC and overcommitment

So said  Dale Emery <[email protected]>  on  2002-12-13 --------------------

>Hi all,
>
>On another thread, Bill and I had this exchange:
>> > For what reasons do you repeatedly make commitments that you can
>> > meet only by sacrificing yourself and your time with your family?
>> 
>> Actually, I've stopped doing that.  That's a big part of why I left
>> employment in that world and became a consultant / contractor to
>> them.
>>
>> > Can you see XP, or XP's principles, helping with that?
>> 
>> I'm hopeful, but not as much on this point as I am on the one above.
>
>How do any of you see XP helping managers who are:
>1. Fighting many fires.

Measuring velocity over time creates the necessary slack time to fight fires. It exposes the fact that there are many fires to fight and puts focus on eliminating that waste.

>2. Taking on many obligations.

I'm not sure how XP helps in ways that are not inherent in *any* planning system wherein the people asking for things respect those times when the individual has too much to do.

>3. Working extra hours to fight all fires and meet all obligations.

Pairing/knowledge broadcasting breeds redundancy and enables workload balancing.

>4. Sacrificing self and home life to meet work obligations.

XP showed me how to meet work obligations more effectively from the bottom up, so that the end result is doing more in less time.

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