Watch the video
at http://link.jbrains.ca/1aJLeBd
(4 minutes)
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“Why aren’t
we rich yet?”
Kent Beck...in 2003
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We fancy “Agile”
as a mindset...
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http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/03/you-must-be-agile.html
I don’t think our message is quite getting through...
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We use awesome
Zen-like phrases
that we understand,
but the rest of the
world doesn’t
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Bill Caputo
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http://xprogramming.com/articles/jatbaseball/
Ron Jeffries: “We Tried Baseball and It Didn’t Work”
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http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheyreJustRules
Community: “They’re Just Rules”
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http://link.jbrains.ca/Tghs02
Energised Work / Gus Power
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Where does all
this leave us?
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worked my ass off to transform
the way we all build software
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Chip and Dan Heath
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
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http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Etudes-for-Excellence.html
James Shore: “Études for Excellence”
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“Why aren’t
we rich yet?”
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David Anderson
Olav Maassen
Chris Matts
Ron Jeffries
Chet Hendrickson
Diana Larsen
Uncle Bob
David Snowden Eric Ries
Aslak Hellesøy
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We’ve scripted the
critical moves, but
we’ve failed to
convey the vision
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“They” have no
real reason to
change, so “they”
work to rule...
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In 2012, this guy moved in down the street from me...
Steven Baker http://stevenrbaker.com/
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This model helps me “sell” practices to people
Heiman, Tuleja, Miller: “The New Strategic Selling”
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...so while we
believe this...
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Dee Hock,
Birth of the Chaordic Age
Simple, clear purpose and
principles give rise to
complex, intelligent
behavior. Complex rules
and regulations give rise to
simple, stupid behavior.
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...we get this...
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People appear to really want to buy rules, processes, templates...
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Training companies are taking advantage of this trend...
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There, there...
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What happened?!
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I don’t think this attitude has helped much over the years...
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“Grandma’s Ham”, page 43
Steve McConnell: “Code Complete”
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Watch the video at
http://link.jbrains.ca/bob-newhart-stop-it
(6 minutes)
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Let’s look at our most
well-advertised,
popular practices