RE: Re: Do C-Level managers, and business drivers really need to know about XP?

Absolutely.  I am only at about 30% coding to managing, but I'm just a director, maybe when I get to C-level, I'll get to code more! ;-)

I definitely share a cube, but I would be happier if we could knock down the walls entirely.

I think you and I have extremely similar ways of appraoching this.  The MBWA was an approach to the issue of having walls.  Not to mention that fact that the VP can't stand it if anyone actually has a discussion outside of an office.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:18 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [xpAdoption] Re: Do C-Level managers, and 
> business drivers
> really need to know about XP?
> 
> 
> > My approaches to recieving and inviting questions: 
> > I have used the Management By Walking Around(MBWA),
> > until it seemed to some folks that I was hovering,
> > so I backed off.  In other companies that was the
> > most successful form.  I would never ask "how is
> > project x" or even "how are you doing?".  
> 
> Over my career, as I moved from developer to project
> lead, to project manager to VP to C-level, I too fell
> into that trap. It was only recently, as a C-level
> manager, that I realized that I needed to keep my
> fingers in the code to be relevant.
> 
> Today, even though I carry the title and the
> responsability, I sit with the developers in
> cube-ville. I write code more than 50% of the time. I
> peer program, write unit tests, do it all. 
> 
> And you know what? Garnering status has never been
> easier. I can look as cvs and determine status. I can
> conduct code reviews and see velocity. All the "hard"
> metrics disappeared once I got involved again. 
> 
> As a software manager I think it's hard to run a
> successful software company and not remain a developer
> ... not just at heart. 
> 
> -Sandy
> 
> 
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