Hi everyone, I imagine that most everyone on this list has seen the research by Standish's Jim Johnson that shows that 45% of features and functions in the ...
... I find this - http://www.featuredrivendevelopment.com/node/614? PHPSESSID=d1800e790630012c22a058d6ef1b66c1 - to be a convincing explaination of the cause...
Hi Clarke, Thanks for posting this. I wonder whether anyone has ever tried anything similar - scientific or otherwise - on Agile projects. After all, it's rare...
I think that it would be very useful to have a credible, approximate measure of the value of each feature, particularly if the value being measured was that of...
... Clearly, the customer is very often far from being right. Customers know what pain they feel. But they rarely know what's causing their pain, and the...
Hi everyone, I have a good friend in Hong Kong and whenever I happen to be passing through Hong Kong we meet up and - inevitably and repeatedly - end up eating...
It might be relevant that your friend knows something about cooking ("they discuss the freshness of the ingrediants, the cooking method...") and I'd say...
[forwarded from XP yahoo group - following feedback & a few corrections] Hi everyone, I'd like to share a paper I've written which teaches newbies - especially...
Having been to <a href="http://blog.is-rating.de/2006/06/14/reboot8_round_up~880734">reboot</a> recently, I would like to add another viewpoint. Your friend is...
Hey Jurgen, I like your speculation. I think the "relationship building" works both ways. In Hong Kong houses are small and many people eat out for most of ...
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a little help. On the face of it Agile does look like a win-win proposition - the customers get a better product and ROI,...
Hi Clarke, I can't answer your question directly with stories but I did find an interesting perspective on resistance by looking at cognitive bias. Wikipedia...
Hi Duncan, ... thanks a lot for this link: a great source of insight. ... -- boris gloger www.glogerconsulting.de www.scrumeducation.com www.sprint-it.com...
Hi Clark, Check out Dale Emery's site: http://www.dhemery.com/cwd/categories/resistance.html He's got plenty of stories on resistance. -michele ... types of ...
I am conducting research into the practices of enterprise architecture and software development and would love your participation. The URL to the survey is:...
Hello Everyone, Diaspar Software (founded by J.B. Rainsberger) and ProjectSuccess are proud to present our 3rd installment of the XP Day North America series,...
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Hello everyone, Just a brief and friendly reminder that there are only 5 days left to register for XP Day Montreal taking place on September 23, 2006. If you...
Greetings, Fans of Agile teams -- Once again, December 5-7, 2006, Esther Derby and I present "Secrets of Agile Teamwork: Beyond Technical Skills," a workshop...
Hi everyone, I've just finished reading a fantastic new book. If you are in the business of selling or promoting ideas then you'll it invaluable. I honestly...
Inspired by the overwhelming response I received on the survey I initiated seeking responses from CSMs on their Motivation to take up such a Certification...
Please see the recent posting by John Smith on the industrialxp@yahoogroups.com Forum reproduced below. This is an excellent Agile Certification Scheme. I...
I believe that all of us are involved in sales in all our dealings with others, whether we're trying to get family members to go see the movie we want to watch...
Joshua makes a sales pitch for selling, and I think it's a good one. But I do think we ought not to assume that "selling" is a good metaphor for all of the...
Here's an article I wrote for stickyminds.com about one of the first times in my career that I had to figure out how to sell in my career. The thing I was...
... automatically puts me, if I'm the seller, into an attitude of "I know better than you" rather than the position of "let's work together to solve a ...
Hello, Clarke. On Friday, April 20, 2007, at 2:56:12 AM, you ... I recently bought a car accidentally. I wanted to drive it to see what it was like but was...
Patterns :-)! Thanks, Ron :-)! ... -- Co-Author of "Fearless Change: patterns for introducing new ideas" www.cs.unca.edu/~manns/intropatterns.html Check out my...
