Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Mon, 28 Mar 2005Reconsidering "Sustainable Pace" It just occurred to me that I might have a problem with the term "sustainable pace" used in the context of extreme programming. Or perhaps I've never fully understood this idea and someone needs to enlighten me. I was just doing a bit of writing and was using "sustainable pace" in a sentence when it occurred to me that when I use the term "sustainable pace," I'm focusing on working a reasonable number of hours per week.But "pace" doesn't refer to a quantity of time, it refers to a rate of speed. I find myself wondering whether this phrase might be sending the wrong message. By metaphorically linking the number of hours worked with the speed of the team, are we implicitly discounting the idea that the speed of the team might be relatively independent of the number of hours worked? An Argument for Pair Programming Johanna was asking for some help with explaining pair programming to some skeptical managers. My off-the-cuff response:Some managers like pair programming because when the software is released, managers can go to almost any developer with almost any problem and the developer will be able to handle it. Pair programming destroys knowledge silos. |
