Re: Re: "Winning" the pair programming discussion

Hi Carlton,

 > However, these are real people functioning at a high level in
 > many programming environments (or at least I imagine they are).

Or at least *they* imagine they are ;-)

 > Their successes on teams and experience gives them a lot of
 > authority on teams wanting to adopt XP or other Agile process.

Even for projects on which they themselves are not directly 
involved?  Or are you saying that *every* project has people like 
that?

 > I imagine their objections can seriously impede or undermine
 > good natured attempts for improvement.

They can impede the kinds of improvements you are promoting. 
They can probably enable other kinds of improvements, and 
probably see themselves that way.

 > Is it enough to simply ignore these people and put them in a
 > part of the project where they can do no harm?

Are there projects, or parts of projects, where their experience 
and practices would be more helpful, or more highly valued?

Dale

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