http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I think the more extreme parts of Extreme Programming that is often forgotten is throwing away the resource triangle and replacing it with a square\rectangle - time, cost, quality and scope. XP even goes as far to say that no one side can control all the variables. I think XP view of the four variables is VERY powerful way of reaching your goals. http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment3http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment3Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:27:29 GMTWe got the same issue here in our company. I´m about to tell my boss here to put it in a business perspective: - Will you put someone to manage your money that you don´t trust? I really think that there´s no difference ´couse it´s all about ROI in the end. regards, Claudio http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment2http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment2Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:13:02 GMTIts really more about garenteeing quality then a trust issue. Have you ever heard of the resource triangle (time, cost, quality pick two.) Well taking the above position is missing the point of that excercise. There is only so much one can accomplish. A software methodology's purpose is to gauge how things are going. http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment1http://ayende.com/2689/those-untrustworthy-developers#comment1Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:06:28 GMT