Comments on: XP Day London 2006. Day one http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/ Treppenwitz in public Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yves Hanoulle http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-6929 Yves Hanoulle Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:49:07 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/#comment-6929 I agree with Duncan about the "a sense of closure after the event." I our "Help, my team is at War" workshop I always ask people to step out of there role after the exercise. A lot of people laugh when I say this. I agree with Duncan about the “a sense of closure after the event.”
I our “Help, my team is at War” workshop I always ask people to step out of there role after the exercise. A lot of people laugh when I say this.

]]> By: Pascal http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4301 Pascal Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:58:42 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/#comment-4301 Keith, I can see the use of (a difficult) exercise to learn how to deal congruently with incongruent behaviour. The problem here is that we only had incongruent behaviour and no way to deal with it. Keith, I can see the use of (a difficult) exercise to learn how to deal congruently with incongruent behaviour.

The problem here is that we only had incongruent behaviour and no way to deal with it.

]]> By: Pascal http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4300 Pascal Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:56:54 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/#comment-4300 Duncan, thanks for spotting the typo! I meant "Too little heat..", of course. I wouldn't want the blog entry to be mistaken for deep commentary :-) I think the first half of the session was worthwhile. The second half was spoiled by the scrum from hell. Duncan, thanks for spotting the typo! I meant “Too little heat..”, of course. I wouldn’t want the blog entry to be mistaken for deep commentary :-)

I think the first half of the session was worthwhile. The second half was spoiled by the scrum from hell.

]]> By: Duncan Pierce http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4242 Duncan Pierce Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:49:32 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/#comment-4242 You have an interesting typo (or maybe a deep commentary on our industry): "Too little head and the team stagnates"! Yes, looking back on the Scrum from Hell (as another dysfunctional participant) I have to say I ended up feeling pretty uncomfortable about the effect I had on the Scrum master. I ended up going over to apologize for real for my acted behaviour. I think we lacked two important things: (1) a safety check for the participants, (2) a sense of closure after the event. Overall I think the session was worthwhile but the Scrum from Hell seems in retrospect to have been gratuitous and poorly linked to the other content of the session. You have an interesting typo (or maybe a deep commentary on our industry): “Too little head and the team stagnates”!

Yes, looking back on the Scrum from Hell (as another dysfunctional participant) I have to say I ended up feeling pretty uncomfortable about the effect I had on the Scrum master. I ended up going over to apologize for real for my acted behaviour. I think we lacked two important things: (1) a safety check for the participants, (2) a sense of closure after the event.

Overall I think the session was worthwhile but the Scrum from Hell seems in retrospect to have been gratuitous and poorly linked to the other content of the session.

]]> By: keith ray http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 keith ray Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:44:27 +0000 http://blog.nayima.be/2006/12/04/xp-day-london-2006-day-one/#comment-4212 I can sympathize. I seem to recall participating in an exercise a bit like the "Scrum from Hell" exercise, but it was about incongruent behaviors (blaming, placating, Computing, Distracting) and how to respond congruently (leveling) to them. It was the pre-conference tutorial at the AYE conference. We learned some good techniques; no one laughed at us or made us feel embarrassed. check it out: www.ayeconference.com I can sympathize. I seem to recall participating in an exercise a bit like the “Scrum from Hell” exercise, but it was about incongruent behaviors (blaming, placating, Computing, Distracting) and how to respond congruently (leveling) to them.

It was the pre-conference tutorial at the AYE conference.

We learned some good techniques; no one laughed at us or made us feel embarrassed.

check it out: http://www.ayeconference.com

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