http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2006/09/reviewing-resumes-for-an-agile-team-what-are-the-principles-underlying-the-projects.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:08:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2006/09/reviewing-resumes-for-an-agile-team-what-are-the-principles-underlying-the-projects.html#comment-172 Rich Stone Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:38:00 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=386#comment-172 It is interesting that in this series of posts that you use the phrase agile team, rather than a SD team using agile methods or practices. I currently manage a platoon (20 people on several matrixed project teams) that use a agile delivery management process that is home grown. We use concentric monthly (feature) and weekly (task) timeboxes, but have the whole platoon participate in delivery committment exercises each week, as many team members are shared across projects. Our design and development practices are evolving towards agile more slowly than our delivery management. When hiring (I recently hired 6 contractors in 6 weeks) I have had success looking for resources who are merely curious about agile practices. These have been intrigued by the descriptions of agile practices already in use in the platoon, and though many have had no prior hands on exposure, they have been eager adopters. This experience has lead me to conclude that the hiring requirement may only be openness and curiosity around new and different practices. It is interesting that in this series of posts that you use the phrase agile team, rather than a SD team using agile methods or practices.
I currently manage a platoon (20 people on several matrixed project teams) that use a agile delivery management process that is home grown. We use concentric monthly (feature) and weekly (task) timeboxes, but have the whole platoon participate in delivery committment exercises each week, as many team members are shared across projects.
Our design and development practices are evolving towards agile more slowly than our delivery management.
When hiring (I recently hired 6 contractors in 6 weeks) I have had success looking for resources who are merely curious about agile practices. These have been intrigued by the descriptions of agile practices already in use in the platoon, and though many have had no prior hands on exposure, they have been eager adopters.
This experience has lead me to conclude that the hiring requirement may only be openness and curiosity around new and different practices.

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