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Rachel Davies

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Nickname: rachdavies
Registered: Jun, 2009

Rachel Davies is author of Agile Coaching book. She works as an independent coach in UK.

Distributed Agile in a Virtual World

Posted: Sep 15, 2009 10:17 AM

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Original Post: Distributed Agile in a Virtual World Feed Title: Agile Coaching Feed URL: http://agilecoach.typepad.com/agile-coaching/atom.xml Feed Description: Thoughts about Coaching Agile teams.	Latest Agile Buzz Posts Latest Agile Buzz Posts by Rachel Davies Latest Posts From Agile Coaching

The most thought-provoking session, I attended at Agile2009 was on the Distributed Agile stage entitled "Using Virtual Worlds for Distributed Agile". Now, I'm not normally a fan of distributed working because communication between team members deteriorates with distance. Alistair Cockburn came up with the neat metaphor of erg-seconds as a way of captures the cost in both labor and time to get a question answered. These erg-seconds (and argh-minutes) are often a hidden cost when a distributed team attempts to apply Agile. However, sometimes you just can't avoid distributed working and I've certainly done my share of skype calls. In...

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