Re: Re: "Winning" the pair programming discussion

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 8:08:12 PM, banshee858 <[email protected]> wrote:

> However, these are real people functioning at a high level in many 
> programming environments (or at least I 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.  I imagine their 
> objections can seriously impede or undermine good natured attempts 
> for improvement.  Is it enough to simply ignore these people and put 
> them in a part of the project where they can do no harm?  

> I suspect you cannot, but I really don't know.  That is why I am 
> asking. 

If you are trying to install XP and you are in a position to do so, then
probably you need to get these people turned around. I think I would do so
either by sending them to training, or asking them to give it an honest try
for a suitable period, with the promise that the team could do what it
agrees to do at the end of the period.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking
than to think your way into a new way of acting.  --Millard Fuller


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