Re: [extremeprogramming] Practices [was: Origin of term "standup"?]

A coach suggests practices based on experience, understanding, and a more
objective point of view than those involved in the day-to-day struggle.
That does NOT mean the team members do not have valid ideas about what
might work for their team in their context and should not suggest them or
even advocate for them.

On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 10:42 AM John Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/23/2019 04:41:24 PM, Ron Jeffries wrote:
> [snip]
> > Practices, such as pairing, mobbing, TDDing, micro-mini-macro-testing,
> > stand ups, sprints, kanban boards ... it goes on and on ... practices
> > are devised, not just to solve some particular problem, but to make a
> > space for good things to happen. In addition, they are devised to be
> > used by teams who do not have the luxury of having one of these
> > excellent coaches with them.
> >
>
> How?
>
> In all seriousness. The last sentence I quoted defines my working
> environment; I am a _developer_, not a coach, and I have never had the
> luxury of having any coach, good, bad, or indifferent, available on any
> team or "team" that I've worked on.
>
> The received wisdom (from when I've asked this question before, on this
> list) seems to be that  I must not advocate for any practices, because
> as an experienced and senior developer, any advocacy on my part is far
> too likely to be felt as coercion by other team members.
>
> Since I am not, in fact, the ideal coach, who can change the team's work
> habits with a gesture and perhaps a suitably insightful head tilt, am I
> reduced to simply keeping my mouth shut and hoping for the best? What
> happened to "Change your work environment, or change your work
> environment."?
>
> -John
>
> --
> John Maxwell  KB3VLL  [email protected]
>
> "I am not a Church numeral; I am a free variable!"
>
> 
>
>

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