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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Jeffries [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:26 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [xpAdoption] Re: Do C-Level managers, and 
> business drivers
> really need to know about XP?
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 10:48:50 AM, Steve Ropa wrote:
> 
> > Well, my story was a little long, so I left out some 
> details.  I did discuss how we were answering the
> > questions.  In this case, I really feel that I was asking 
> them to answer a question that they didn't want to
> > answer.  The feedback really was "we don't want to sign up 
> for the work.  We want you to assign it."
> 
> What happens if you say something -- in your own style of 
> course -- along
> these lines:
> 
> "I'm not going to do that. You know your abilities better 
> than I do. Your
> next mission is to sign up for the work. Begin now."
> 
> 
After a year of trying that, I gave up and just started assigning work.  I still discuss with each programmer first, and have proven to them that they have the opportunity to opt out.  Not a satisfactory answer, but its where we currently stand.  I haven't given up, but I have definitely fallen back to regroup.

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