Re: The Agile / Xtreme TW

[CL T <straylightsghost -at- gmail -dot- com>]

It's difficult to find any organization that does a 100% buy-in for the
whole Agile/XP process. You'll find many that adapt what they need to fit
their methods and do it fairly well. I've worked in A/XP houses for several
years as a TW and some of the best advice I can give is this.

Plant your foot firmly in all the doors you can as early as possible. Sure,
there is risk in documenting too much, too early (e.g. a lot of re-writes)
but the greater your understanding of the code, the process, the project and
the product the better off you'll be with everyone. Developers and Engineers
will be easier to work with, PMs and Managers will be a bit more realistic
and actually listen (they even ask for advice!) and those doors will stay
open.

I prefer the environment now.

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> Tara Charter wrote:
> > Fellow Agile / Xtreme TWs:
> >  Am interested to know your experiences with Agile software development
> and if you've observed what happens when the idea is "purchased" but not put
> into practice fully.
> >  Also, if you listen to Scott Ambler at all, you'll notice that he
> initially seems to be shrugging off "documentation", then later on in his
> presentation, as he is going through his slides - and the slides start
> showing how "documentation" is still important, although perhaps less
> formal, - he says, "there, SEE, look, these graphs prove that we are still
> doing documentation...
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