Re: Holy Smoke!

stuartc_at_mac.com (Stu Charlton) wrote in message news:<21398ab6.0309101302.31c7152b_at_posting.google.com>...
> > <QUOTE>
> >
> > I then led the evolution of the technique, for the most part via the Web although also at the XP 2001 conference held
> > in Italy in May of that year. AM started out fairly complex and it grew a bit into its current form. In the time since
> > I've been applying AM on projects, mentoring people in its techniques, teaching AM courses, and speaking about AM at a
> > variety of conferences. The one thing that I've noticed is that many people struggle with its plethora of concepts -
> > five values, eleven core principles, seven supplementary principles, thirteen core practices, and eight supplementary
> > practices - so it shouldn't be any surprise that some people find AM complex. Sigh.
> >
> > </QUOTE>
> >
> >
> > Hehehe! "Sigh" indeed!
> > What a sad, sick joke...
>
> I bought the book quite a few months back, thinking it might be
> interesting, it was just on a whim. I can't really get into it.
>
> Ambler has been trying for quite some time to get into the "guru" game
> - there were those "Process Patterns" books, for example. Now he's
> jumped on the Agile alliance bandwagon, but doesn't seem to actually
> get "KISS"... 5+11+7+13+8 ... ouch.
>
> Though given the unique perspective here, I'd be interested in what
> people thought of the whole agile process idea, i.e.
> http://www.agilealliance.com/home and http://agilemanifesto.org .

No wonder don't like documentation, can't complete sentences

jg

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