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

Interesting question. 

You are correct in assuming I work for a small
company. And really, it's the CIO's that we are
targeting. Would this be applicable to the CTO? Should
a Fortune 500 CIO keep hands on? Yes. Is it possible
at the code level? No. 

But isn't it simply a matter of changing your
"dashboard". 

Assume you are the CIO of GE. What would your XP
dashboard look like to let you know if your software
projects are on track? Are they the conventional
project management metrics?

-Sandy

--- Ron Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 6:18:02 AM, Sandy
> wrote:
> 
> >> 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. 
> 
> I'm just guessing, I admit. But I'm guessing you're
> not the CxO of a
> Fortune 500 company? Could the CIO of GE do what
> you're doing? Should she?
> 
> Ron Jeffries
> www.XProgramming.com
> You can observe a lot by watching. --Yogi Berra
> 
> 


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