Re: [extremeprogramming] What has changed for you over the past 20 years?

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I think when hiring this might be ok. Maybe. It=E2=80=99s setting up the
constraints as people come in especially with a brand new team. It=E2=80=
=99s
different when people were hired under different circumstances and now
you=E2=80=99re introducing these practices.

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 12:22 PM JeffGrigg <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Something I've seen that was quite successful ...
> 1. During the hiring process, the company made it quite clear that Extre=
me
> Programming, including Pair Programming and the other practices was
> mandatory.
> 2. In the team's room, there are half as many machines as developers. "Y=
ou
> work it out." says the boss.  (And you're kind of strongly expected to d=
o
> "pair programming" of some kind. And if people quit, an appropriate numb=
er
> of machines will be removed.)
>
> Actually...  It worked quite well.
>
> The teams were enabled and empowered to change the process as they saw
> fit.  ... within "reasonable" bounds.
>
> Some did kanban boards.  Some did big visible charts.  Some had timers t=
o
> signal pair switching.
>
> People knew before being hired what they were signing up for.  And then =
we
> did it.
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<div><div dir=3D"auto">I think when hiring this might be ok. Maybe. It=E2=
=80=99s setting up the constraints as people come in especially with a bra=
nd new team. It=E2=80=99s different when people were hired under different =
circumstances and now you=E2=80=99re introducing these practices.</div></di=
v><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"=
>On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 12:22 PM JeffGrigg &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jeffreytod=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><block=
quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc=
 solid;padding-left:1ex">Something I&#39;ve seen that was quite successful =
...<br>1. During the hiring process, the company made it quite clear that E=
xtreme Programming, including Pair Programming and the other practices was =
mandatory.<br>2. In the team&#39;s room, there are half as many machines as=
 developers. &quot;You work it out.&quot; says the boss.=C2=A0 (And you&#39=
;re kind of strongly expected to do &quot;pair programming&quot; of some ki=
nd. And if people quit, an appropriate number of machines will be removed.)=
<br><br>Actually...=C2=A0 It worked quite well.<br><br>The teams were enabl=
ed and empowered to change the process as they saw fit.=C2=A0 ... within &q=
uot;reasonable&quot; bounds.<br><br>Some did kanban boards.=C2=A0 Some did =
big visible charts.=C2=A0 Some had timers to signal pair switching.<br><br>=
People knew before being hired what they were signing up for.=C2=A0 And the=
n we did it.



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