RE: Summing up and moving on (I hope)

Bill,

> It seems to me, not having experienced it of course, that XP places some
> very healthy limits / boundaries on conversations between the business and
> technical sides.  Doesn't XP rule out the business side commenting on the
> validity of estimates?  Doesn't XP rule out the technical side
> commenting on
> the validity of the business side's assessment of value?  Doesn't ruling
> these things out go a long way toward having to deal with the tone issue
> altogether?  Just asking.

It's fairly common to _comment_ on these things. XP simply has a
rule about who makes the decision.

Tone is a separate issue. If customers keep saying "You guys must be
nuts with this estimate"  or if developers said "These stories
are just plain stupid" the team wouldn't be able to work.

Generally a team does have someone who _coaches_ them to avoid
these situations if they start to occur. Maybe we need a coach.

Charlie Poole
[email protected]
www.pooleconsulting.com
www.charliepoole.org




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