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

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 4:14:02 PM, J. B. Rainsberger wrote:

> But presumably those project managers who micromanage got there by some route. I don't
> believe that they were born believing that everyone else is incompetent. I know of a
> manager who has to fight with one of his people just to be flexible enough to deal with the
> slightest change in plans. If the team member is that resistant to change, then the manager
> must do something to ensure that what needs to be done is done.

Surely he must. I've had some good luck by sitting down with the individual
and making it clear to him that I value flexibility and that he will be
hearing about it in his annual review as well as day to day.

And I would be sending the same message to the whole team, of course.

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
This is how I develop software.
Take the parts that make sense to you.
Ignore the rest.


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