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

I have found that even among developers the phrase, "sound engineering
practices" gets translated into " theory that doesn't work in practice,
cause we are unique". (Even though they are wrong, they are also right)

Finding the pain points and fixing the lowest hanging fruit is the only
method I've seen work.

I've also found it helpful to use the anticdote of Netflix taking 7 years
to move to microservices. Prepare everyone for a slow transition, and don't
promise or demand magic bullets.

Changing company practices should be done the same way as changing code.
One small commitment at a time with tests to verify.  Don't make your
requests too large and hard to review.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 06:39 John Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 11/24/2019 11:20:53 PM, Todd Sedano wrote:
> > Here’s something that works for me.... “I’d like to try this
> > experiment of
> > .... ______” and then check in with the team after doing the
> > experiment for
> > two weeks.
> >
> > When someone suggests something crazy, I might offer that we try it
> > for a
> > week and see how it’s goes, I might be surprised and learn something
> > new.
>
> Thank you.
>
> To add my bit to the discussion I asked for, the only good trick I know
> is the well-known one of looking for pain points and addressing them;
> works pretty well in persuading both managers and co-workers, and it's
> pretty hard to be offensive when relieving someone's pain.
>
> (No claim at all of originality on my part; that's one of the things
> that XP explained taught me.)
>
> -John
>
>
> --
> John Maxwell  KB3VLL  [email protected]
>
> Speaking just for me, I don't think I have Linux blinders on my
> eyes. I can see other platforms, but I *choose* to ignore them on the
> theory that if I ignore them hard enough they will go away.
>
> This theory is obviously crazy. However, it also appears to be working.
>
> — Eric S. Raymond
>
> 
>
>

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