Hello Everyone
Harmonious initiative really captures the intent of collaboration.
Ok yes, it sounds like synergy but the terms "collaboration" and
"synergy" have been so over used by everyone that most people are
deaf to what these terms means. Introducing a new term like harmonious inititive
may open up a few ears. Further, this is really not a new term, it’s a practice
from the USMC warfighting manual from 20 years ago. I know using military
metaphors for businss is tricky but I think the intent behind the term
"harmonious initiative" is one that we can really use in the business
world.
This is a term that is new to most people in the software (and
business) world, and while we have to explain it, because it is new, and has a
certain intuitive ring to it, people may be more open to listening to what our
explanation is for it.
best regards,
Steve Adolph
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Hi,
the reason I
suggested that we change to something different that Whole Team is that I
always need to explain what the practice is about...
I think that
"Harmonious Initiative' will need no less explaining...
I think that
something like "Team Collaboration" would be more descriptive...
Cheers
/Per
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Ironic that you say that because the term
comes from the USMC Warfighting
Manual. :-)
Oh by the way, here is the paper I was suppose to attach to the original
e-mail.
best regards,
Steve Adolph
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I like "harmonious initiative" but it sounds sort of Maoist in a
way.
- Scott
On Fri, July 4, 2008 7:06 pm, Steve Adolph said:
> Hello everyone:
>
>
>
> During Wednesday's committers telecon I piped off about a
German word
> for
> whole team - unfortunately the word I was thinking of
"Einheit"
> translates
> more towards unity or trust than what we intend with whole team.
However,
> another phrase I was thinking of is "harmonious initiative"
. This term is
> one used by the UMSC to describe effective decentralized command. I
> presented a research paper describing harmonious initiative at Agile
2005.
> I've attached a copy of the paper to this paper for your reading
enjoyment
> :-)
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>
>
> Chat with you all next week.
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> best regards,
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> Steve Adolph
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