Help for my manager, resend

2005-02-21 Thread EVERETT813
Well, it seems that my reply is going into a black hole somewhere. Anyway, Harrison kindly alerted me that such was the case. Below is my original post, and an addendum that I thought of later. Paul Everett Harrison wrote: > He knows all about playing by the old rules which require a proje

Re: Help for My Manager

2005-02-21 Thread Michael Herman
that story is the one i'm pointing to in my earlier post, shay! or at least it' s very close. the cards are bits of code to write. they go off and write code in pairs and come back to compile and redeploy themselves. many interations. http://www.globalchicago.net/ost ...look for the stuff near

Re: Help for My Manager

2005-02-21 Thread Seamus McInerney
Is there not a precedent for this! I have a memory of a story about software developers who got together in a very OS way. They were invited to write all the tasks the project needed on cards and place them on a table. The software modules that needed to be modified. The functions that needed to

SV: Preparing for a special celebration

2005-02-21 Thread Eva P Svensson
It didn't for me either but if you take away the . (Dot) last in the link it will.. i.e ho-ost-b-day-subscr...@yahoogroups.com. ho-ost-b-day-subscr...@yahoogroups.com --> like in this address. All the best Eva Basta halsningar Eva P Svensson

Re: Help for My Manager

2005-02-21 Thread Michael Herman
harrison, there are some things posted at http://www.globalchicago.net/ost ...almost at the bottom of the page, about open space and agile software development. many similarities. i'd be glad to have a conversation with this guy, as well, to help make connections. m On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:13:42

Re: Help for My Manager

2005-02-21 Thread EVERETT813
In a message dated 2/19/05 2:17:21 PM, hho...@comcast.net writes: > He knows all about playing by the old rules which require a project plan, > budget, staffing levels, milestones, evaluation and testing procedure, and > all the rest. But, what about all this "self-organizing" stuff? How do you

Re: November dates?

2005-02-21 Thread Michael Herman
all good questions, therese. here's what i can add to the story... last year, when Harrison came to do practice of peace in chicago, some of us wrote an invitation to an osonos usa that happened last november. it was the first time we'd had that sort of national gathering in the us since i had h

Re: Training Programs

2005-02-21 Thread Michael Herman
as chris has already mentioned, we've done this tidy little 2-day training for several years now. we've also had times when we crashed it to one day or a half day, sometimes because we only had one day, and sometimes because we had to translate everything into hindi! i wouldn't hesitate to run i

Re: Management in a World of Turtles

2005-02-21 Thread Funda Oral
Harrison- what i can suggest him is "to forget his education, position, what is expected from him, how he perceives himself and the boss" and go to work with a "fresh" mind and make a new start * knowing that what happend till today was the only thing that could have * asking what choices i make n

Re: 13th Annual OSonOS -- Halifax Bound

2005-02-21 Thread Harrison Owen
Judy this looks great. And of course, I am coming! But I wasn't quite sure how to take care of the particulars, such as registration and payment. Do we send it back by mail? Can we pay by credit card? Other? Also, I assume that as in the past the "fee" is on a sliding scale so that folks who have t

Free/Open Source Project Management

2005-02-21 Thread Lucas Gonzalez
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005022100126OSDV "Leaders from three separate but related -- and incredibly successful -- free/open source projects agree: If you want the project to move to the next level, let go and let the community take over. We asked Larry Wall, creator of Perl; Brian Behlend

Open Space ed tour - response sought quickly, please ...

2005-02-21 Thread Lisa Heft
Hello, folks - The following is a message from a filmmaker and Open Space facilitator who is interested in planning a visit to various places in the world to learn more about Open Space and peace work and also share her passion for saving the Tasmanian forests. She is putting together a proposal

Re: Help for My Manager-law of the jungle

2005-02-21 Thread Mike Copeland
This is a great case study Harrison. I feel prompted to share some musings. Open space has helped me re define the old adage about the law of the jungle which is widely interpreted to mean "only the fittest survive." Taking your young manager he has this opportunity to take his "fitness" to anoth

Re: Free/Open Source Project Management

2005-02-21 Thread Larry Peterson
Lucas I think it is Open Space but they may not have learned Open Space Technology as a particular approach to Open Space. The XP (Extreme Programmers) and SCRUM networks in Toronto have found that Open Space Technology parallels some of their practices and helps them get clearer on issues of ad

Re: Training Programs

2005-02-21 Thread Lisa Heft
Hi, folks and hi, Lucas -- Of course I love these conversations about how to 'train' OST, something we all know how to do inside. I love hosting an opportunity for people to share their learning in and about Open Space. I give 2.5 day 'learning workshops' - and I'd love to give 4-day workshops b

Re: November dates?

2005-02-21 Thread Lisa Heft
Hi, Ms. Therese -- You wrote: Your questions are all very good, and how could asking such great questions step on others' thinking? I'm glad you've asked because I myself do not have the answer - there's an originating group that I think had such great experiences at the one last year (I did no