Comments on: Discovering Essential Technical Practices http://xprogramming.com/blog/discovering-essential-technical-practices/ an agile software development resource Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: beckfordp http://xprogramming.com/blog/discovering-essential-technical-practices/#comment-66 beckfordp Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:37:06 +0000 http://xprogramming.com/blog/?p=42#comment-66 Hi Ron, You miss another reason why people don't "discover technical practices". Its simple really, they just aren't looking for them. Cynefin Theory makes it clear that organisations aren't optimal, and that there are often many, conflicting agendas at play. Not everyone defines success in the same way. Change in itself can be perceived as a threat by those who feel that they only have something to loose. So why go looking for new stuff? It was working as a manager, that made me acutely aware of these other agendas. Once I started to take them into account, the erratic and irrational behaviour of others suddenly started to make sense. PS. The views of Mr Jurgen Appelo for instance seem to me to be more motivated by political ideology than the desire to reliably to deliver working software. Yet another agenda to throw in to the mix :) Paul. Hi Ron,

You miss another reason why people don’t “discover technical practices”. Its simple really, they just aren’t looking for them.

Cynefin Theory makes it clear that organisations aren’t optimal, and that there are often many, conflicting agendas at play. Not everyone defines success in the same way. Change in itself can be perceived as a threat by those who feel that they only have something to loose. So why go looking for new stuff?

It was working as a manager, that made me acutely aware of these other agendas. Once I started to take them into account, the erratic and irrational behaviour of others suddenly started to make sense.

PS. The views of Mr Jurgen Appelo for instance seem to me to be more motivated by political ideology than the desire to reliably to deliver working software. Yet another agenda to throw in to the mix :)

Paul.

]]> By: bria526 http://xprogramming.com/blog/discovering-essential-technical-practices/#comment-55 bria526 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:03:48 +0000 http://xprogramming.com/blog/?p=42#comment-55 There is only one thing to say about this: Amen, so true, well said. (Hm, maybe that's 3 things...) Cheers MB There is only one thing to say about this: Amen, so true, well said.

(Hm, maybe that’s 3 things…)

Cheers
MB

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