[DanielBMarkham]

I love reading about people trying new things like this.

As an Agile/XP coach, what I find is that I need to be very careful that I distinguish between things that work and things that feel like they ought to work. If you're not a pragmatist, always trying new things but always looking at results with a cold eye, you're truly lost in this business.

Good article, but the jury is still out here. Right now this is more of a sales pitch than a story. In about three years, I'd love to come back to these guys and see how it's going.

One of the problems with any organization is that people like doing what they like to do, not necessarily the things that need to be done. There are things we are really good at -- programming, artwork, group encounters, whatever -- and we tend to gravitate towards situations that let us do these things. The immediate danger of an organization without a tight feedback loop is that people drift into doing their own things and other important stuff doesn't get done.

But that's just the theory. The important thing is how it works in this situation, for these guys. Hopefully there will be an update a few years down the road.