RE: Agile tech writing

Subject: RE: Agile tech writing
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: "Zuercher, Darrell" <dzuerche -at- tva -dot- gov>, Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>, Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:56:36 -0400


Zuercher, Darrell opined:

> "Pig roles are considered core team members. Performers.
> People who 'do'
> work.... A Chicken is someone who has something to gain by the Pigs
> performing, but in the end, really do not contribute day to day to
> 'getting things done.'"
>
> From
> http://www.implementingscrum.com/2006/09/11/the-classic-story-
> of-the-pig
> -and-chicken/
>
> Being shared is irrelevant. If you actively contribute to the
> success of
> the projects, you are a "Pig" on all of them.


And the pig never survives her/his contribution to the meal...


Your bacon is cooked!

And your legacy will be some documents that nobody reads.
Sigh...

Oh, wait... it's THURSDAYs for existential angst; FRIDAYs for fun.



- K


PS: Of course, it's probably Saturday by now, in Australia and NZ.



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References:
Agile tech writing: From: Blount, Patricia A
Re: Agile tech writing: From: Julie Stickler
Re: Agile tech writing: From: Wade Courtney
RE: Agile tech writing: From: Zuercher, Darrell

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