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6/28    "Change Your Organization Diary"
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GeraldWeinberg says, "If they didn't hire you, don't solve their problem." I was hired to replace a programmer who had very specific duties. When I talk about how I can help, the response is polite interest, but not enthusiasm or authority to change. I won't be discussing the details of the company I work for and I won't be signing my work right away. If you're Wiki-savvy, you won't have a hard time figuring out who I am: all I ask is that you keep it to yourself for now. One point that's relevant is that this organization does outsource project work for other companies. ChangeYourOrganizationTactics: In which the author pretends he knows all the answers. I was hoping to change my organization fresh out of school, but I think I lacked the experience to know what changes were more important, or even how it would work. The result is some people in my group talk as if we were using an iterative approach, when it is clear that we are not. WikiZen thinks this is really very interesting and exactly the sort of sharing of knowledge that the Wiki is for. I'm beginning to put feelers out here (it's a different "here") for an XP approach. Good Stuff, keep going Thanks for sharing your experience, it's very interesting! It looks like the December 1st entry was a personal victory as well as a professional one, in which you stood up for your principles despite strong pressure to do otherwise. TrueProfessionalism: "The problem, clearly, is not in figuring out what to do. Rather, the problem is to find the strength and courage to do what we know to be right."