Comments on: Alistair Cockburn and Ken Schwaber: Scrum Gathering Monday Afternoon

By: mvizdos

mvizdos — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:30:09 +0000

No, as with any methodology or framework… if you do not know what you are doing, this will not improve it. Does that make sense?

By: Tobias Mayer

Tobias Mayer — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:01:52 +0000

The fact that “Treat people as adults” is the first in this list is profoundly disturbing. How else do the presenters assume we treat people?

The very act of standing on a stage and telling an audience to treat people as adults is patronizing and presumptuous. It fosters a paternalistic leadership style, and (oh irony!) does the exact opposite of what it preaches.

I came in late for this session and then left after about 20 minutes exactly because I felt patronized. There are better ways to engage than this, and I went off seeking those instead.

By: Xu Yi

Xu Yi — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:38:00 +0000

Me too interested in point 5.

does it mean “beginners can not use scrum, because they will produce crap”?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:24:05 +0000

Can you explain #5 in more detail please?

By: james peckham

james peckham — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:30:42 +0000

because when i hear ‘team produces crap’ i take that in two ways…

they produce nothing
they produce janky software

By: james peckham

james peckham — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:30:15 +0000

and… what do you mean by 5. can you elaborate?!?

By: james peckham

james peckham — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:29:26 +0000

What is allistair like in person? his book is magnificently written and imagine he’s very much an interpersonal/collaborative fellow.