XP certainly relies on leadership, and in the initial stages of applying XP that leadership often comes from one person. At that stage, if that one person leaves and no one else chooses to step up to the challenge of leadership, the changes made in applying XP are likely to evaporate. This is a choice, however, on the part of everyone on the team. Everyone has to cooperate in order for the team to give up completely.
One question that comes to mind is why that one person left. Did they clash with management? If so, then continuing to apply XP is likely to be difficult. Did they not get along with the team? Did they find a better opportunity? Is there any chance for you to talk to the person who left? It seems that would give you a lot more information about the situation. I have seen XP applied in many different national cultures. XP is a natural fit for each in some ways and a challenge in others, and the cool thing is that the fits and fusses are all different. Kent Beck Three Rivers Institute > -----Original Message----- > From: Moln�r �gnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [XP] Where can you use XP? > > I live in Hungary (Middle-Europe) and working in an IT > Company. My work is to managing our processes and rising the quality. > > I've had a presentation in a conference for developers (there > were about 50-55 people), about software developing > methodologies. I talked about XP too, but in Hungary isn't > too much (maybe one or two) companies who use it. I don't > know why. So I could say only what I read about XP. I've > never try it in the real life. > > There was a guy, who said, that they had tried it. It was > working maybe for 3 moths, and they have had to finixh XP > because a programmer had left the company, and they couldn't > find anyone for him place. He said, it was a very good period > in their life. But it's finished. > > Could yousay me, why doesn't XP work in some places? Does it > depend on country or culture? Or it's only because of our > immaturity? Any idea? If we don't have any companies with XP, > how can I discover it, and assure my and other companies? If > I say: "I read it..." -- it's not authentic enough. To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
