Comments on: Embracing constraints me and you and everyone we know Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:22:11 -0500 hourly 1 By: jonezy http://www.jonezy.org/blog/2008/06/17/embracing-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-7516 jonezy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:43:24 +0000 http://www.jonezy.org/blog/?p=129#comment-7516 Declan, I find myself comparing agile development teams to all kinds of other area's, sports and music are just a couple. Do you find yourself doing the same thing often? I find it intriguing that so many parallels can be drawn between what appear to be completely different disciplines. Declan, I find myself comparing agile development teams to all kinds of other area’s, sports and music are just a couple. Do you find yourself doing the same thing often? I find it intriguing that so many parallels can be drawn between what appear to be completely different disciplines.

]]> By: Declan Whelan http://www.jonezy.org/blog/2008/06/17/embracing-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-7515 Declan Whelan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:58:04 +0000 http://www.jonezy.org/blog/?p=129#comment-7515 Interesting post! As a recent twitterer I have been blown away by the innovation triggered by a 140 character limit. I see a strong parallel between musical group size and development team size rather than seeing group size as a constraint. Small team sizes can be very effective and we see success stories like Diana Krall and Chris Thiessen at www.zoomii.ca (which you really should check out as it is an impressive one man show). ONTH, I too love some large bands like the Arcade Fire. I almost used them as an example of how a team can pull together as generalizing specialists and outperform traditional teams. I was going to compare their cover of "Born on a Train" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6UlxHQsfzA) which is simply awesome compared to the original Magnetic Fields version. My point is that a musical group can be an interesting metaphor for a development regardless of group size. Interesting post! As a recent twitterer I have been blown away by the innovation triggered by a 140 character limit.

I see a strong parallel between musical group size and development team size rather than seeing group size as a constraint. Small team sizes can be very effective and we see success stories like Diana Krall and Chris Thiessen at http://www.zoomii.ca (which you really should check out as it is an impressive one man show).

ONTH, I too love some large bands like the Arcade Fire. I almost used them as an example of how a team can pull together as generalizing specialists and outperform traditional teams. I was going to compare their cover of “Born on a Train” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6UlxHQsfzA) which is simply awesome compared to the original Magnetic Fields version.

My point is that a musical group can be an interesting metaphor for a development regardless of group size.

]]> By: jonezy http://www.jonezy.org/blog/2008/06/17/embracing-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-7507 jonezy Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:16 +0000 http://www.jonezy.org/blog/?p=129#comment-7507 I love the analogy you used in that last sentence! I love the analogy you used in that last sentence!

]]> By: Justin D-Z http://www.jonezy.org/blog/2008/06/17/embracing-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-7506 Justin D-Z Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:26:44 +0000 http://www.jonezy.org/blog/?p=129#comment-7506 Thanks for the reference. Muse is one of my favorite bands. If you can find the "making of" video from Citizen Erased (one of my favorite Muse songs) you'll see a hired team of cellists recording background instrumentation for the track. Not only do they embrace their constraints, but they use the plugin model for efficiency as well ;-) Thanks for the reference. Muse is one of my favorite bands. If you can find the “making of” video from Citizen Erased (one of my favorite Muse songs) you’ll see a hired team of cellists recording background instrumentation for the track. Not only do they embrace their constraints, but they use the plugin model for efficiency as well ;-)

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