Re: Any advice on remote pairing?
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.programming.extreme-programming |
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| Organization | iDIA Computing, LLC |
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Jeff, et al, On 10/18/16 1:49 PM, Jeff Langr [email protected] [extremeprogramming] wrote: > > > Hi Steven, > > I'm sure there are many, many examples where having distributed teams > was a bad idea. And many of those would have most of the same problems if colocated, I'd guess. > > We all know that agile as (poorly) practiced ends up looking like a bad > idea in the majority of cases; it doesn't make agile a bad idea. > Distributed teams are indeed a bad idea for the kinds of folks who > wouldn't know how to build a successful team in the first place and who > don't want to truly buy into the value system of agile. Distributed > teams are also a bad idea for those who don't understand how to overcome > the inherent concessions you make by being distributed. > > I disagree that distributed teams are inherently a bad idea. I think that it's harder to form a sense of team when distributed. Communication needs to be more intentional. If you're aware of the costs going in, then you'll not be surprised by them and your success will be more likely. - George -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * George Dinwiddie * http://blog.gdinwiddie.com Software Development http://www.idiacomputing.com Consultant and Coach http://www.agilemaryland.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Posted by: George Dinwiddie <[email protected]> ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [email protected] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com