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

Hi Steve,

> On another note, after a few conversations with my vp, I think I
> know where this is coming from.  The vp preceded me here by about a
> year.  His attitude towards the team members is that they are
> pluggable units that pretty much don't have the ability to make
> decisions by themselves anyway.

When the work consists almost entirely of making decisions, as
software development does, that must be exhausting for the manager.

> Those of you who have seen any of my posts in the past will know
> that this is very much NOT my way of thinking.  I am thinking that
> he probably "programmed" them into believing this as well. I am
> deprogramming them, I think.  My evidence is those members who seem
> to be emerging from the haze and doing new and exciting things.  It
> probably goes without saying, but those are also the people that my
> VP is having the most difficulty with....

Yeah, they exhibit "cognitive dissidence."  (I *love* that phrase!)

Dale



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