Re: Practice: Pair Programming

--- In xpbookdiscussiongroup-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kent 
Beck" <kentb@xxxx>
wrote:
> I wanted to address the issue of inappropriate feelings in the
> workplace, 

Can you tell me more about why it's valuable that XP address this
problem? Should XP address other problems in the workplace, such as
violence, substance abuse, embezzlement, ... Help me understand why
sex should be singled out and addressed by a methodology book. 

> and pairing provided a convenient place to put the
> discussion. 

I can't speak to what may or may not be convenient for the author, but
as a reader I find this tiny "tip of the iceberg" dropped in amongst
pair programming to be very distracting from the topic of pair
programming.

> I agree that people could use this paragraph as an excuse to dismiss XP,
> but in the past five years I've seen much more inventive ways of
> dismissing XP. On balance, I think the book is more valuable to XP by
> addressing the issue head on. Leaving it out won't prevent criticism and
> putting it in encourages team members to improve their collective
> performance by tackling the problem.

Other things improve collective team performance. Prayer. Good health
and enough sleep. Therapy. At what point do I stop looking to my
methodology for advice and start looking to my family/spiritual
advisor/therapist for support? The issue of sex in the workplace, and
the related issue of mixed genders in the workplace, not to mention
religious freedom and a host of other concerns, are issues I'd prefer
to address in other contexts.

-Kay





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