On 5/26/05, Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> w= rote: > Overheard a rumour that a new manager whom I think has not managed > before is considering using Agility Programming as his management style. > What is Agility Programming - does anyone know and how might this work > in a DBA shop or not? I'd never heard of Agility Programming before so I Googled it: http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileSoftwareDevelopment.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/020169969= 9/0/101/1/none/purchase/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Fr0/102-0201233-3612943 http://agilemanifesto.org/ The key thrust seems to be to break up the project vertically and concentrate on one function/module at a time so rather than having multiple teams/subteams working on different modules in parralell everyone is working on the same module. Extreme programming is apparently a form of Agility Programming. Stephen --=20 It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l