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Transparency: A Great Leap Forward or Exposed Artery?
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Summary
Agile propagandists make great claims about the advantages of being transparent about the state of their projects. They claim that this how mature relationships work and that "Honesty is the best policy". But is this true? Many of us work in dysfunctional organisations where honesty is the best way to get cheated. Surely Transparency is just not pragmatic?
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Kent Beck, Keith Braithwaite, Steve Freeman, Chris Matts and John Nolan
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Apr 16, 2009
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Propagandists?
by Dave Rooney,
Re: Propagandists?
by Amr Elssamadisy,
Re: Propagandists?
by Dave Rooney,
Re: Propagandists?
by Keith Braithwaite,
Agile Adoption - Crossing the Chasm
by Udayan Banerjee,
Propagandists?
by Dave Rooney,
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"Agile propagandists"? WTF?
I haven't checked out the presentation yet so I might be missing something, but I would think that we're a little beyond name-calling by now. Perhaps I'm naive (or possible a closet "propagandist"), but I find that term rather offensive.
Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
Re: Propagandists?
by Amr Elssamadisy,
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Hi Dave :)
This is directly from the presentation abstract. Given that the panel is full of the so-called propagandists, it was meant to be a little self-mocking and in jest.
Amr
Re: Propagandists?
by Dave Rooney,
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DAMMIT!! How do you expect me to be reactionary and uninformed?! Can't a guy just tee off without having to watch a bloody presentation?! :)
Sheepishly,
Dave Rooney
Mayford Technologies
Re: Propagandists?
by Keith Braithwaite,
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Panel member here.
I paraphrase Sheryl Ross's characterisation of "propaganda" as communication with the intent to persuade a group of people to favour one set of idea over certain others. She contends that the purely negative sense of the word is too narrow.
I'm a consultant, and if Weinberg is right that consulting is influencing others at their request, then propaganda is my job.
Agile Adoption - Crossing the Chasm
by Udayan Banerjee,
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I think, "we the agile propagandists", underestimate the extent of mindset change required by "non-agilists" to adopt agile. I have highlighted some of the key issues here - setandbma.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/agile-adoption/