Comments on: Thoughtworks or Thoughtpolice? http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/ Does any of it make any sense? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Not Waving But … » Blog Archive » Overly Dramatic? http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-29 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:50:31 +0000 http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-29 [...] Not Waving But … Does any of it make any sense? « Thoughtworks or Thoughtpolice? [...] […] Not Waving But … Does any of it make any sense? « Thoughtworks or Thoughtpolice? […]

]]> by: blog.frantically.org » Blog Archive » Agile Bashing http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-28 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:07:33 +0000 http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-28 [...] Good vs Bad Agile Obie’s Comments on Pairing The Death of Agile [...] […] Good vs Bad Agile Obie’s Comments on Pairing The Death of Agile […]

]]> by: Abdel A Saleh http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-27 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:16:43 +0000 http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-27 I've read that 'Good vs Bad Agile' blog. Its interesting...But it rather highlights Google's internal company culture. It has nothing to do with Agile development as such. The author has gripes, and rightly so at that, with all the hype and all the consultants who claim they are now selling Agile and charging an arm and a leg for it.. Commenting on the above, I disgree with Obie. I like pair programming and have been doing it for a while now. Sometimes it gets a bit too much though, and I need some degree of individuality in writing code and exploring ideas without having to justify every keystroke. Some people have come up with a solution for this, for example the <a href="http://www.xpuniverse.com/2001/pdfs/Method04.pdf#search=%22gold%20card%2C%20extreme%20programming%22" rel="nofollow">Gold Card</a> or Google's you get to spend 20% of your time exploring ideas that might benefit the company..Still, I haven't worked for a place that addresses that need for individuality... I’ve read that ‘Good vs Bad Agile’ blog. Its interesting…But it rather highlights Google’s internal company culture. It has nothing to do with Agile development as such.

The author has gripes, and rightly so at that, with all the hype and all the consultants who claim they are now selling Agile and charging an arm and a leg for it..

Commenting on the above, I disgree with Obie. I like pair programming and have been doing it for a while now. Sometimes it gets a bit too much though, and I need some degree of individuality in writing code and exploring ideas without having to justify every keystroke. Some people have come up with a solution for this, for example the Gold Card or Google’s you get to spend 20% of your time exploring ideas that might benefit the company..Still, I haven’t worked for a place that addresses that need for individuality…

]]> by: Tim http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-26 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:08:59 +0000 http://notwaving.net/wordpress/2006/09/29/thoughtworks-or-thoughtpolice/#comment-26 There seems to be a few controversial articles published recently. If you haven't seen <a href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html" rel="nofollow">Good vs Bad Agile</a> yet, check it out. There seems to be a few controversial articles published recently. If you haven’t seen Good vs Bad Agile yet, check it out.

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