http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive/2008/04/28/individual-empowerment-and-agile.aspx(Interestingly, I find myself writing more about agile and team stuff now that I'm not on a development team....) This is in response to a question about how you balance individual empowerment with the collaborative approach on a agile tem... *** Agileen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive/2008/04/28/individual-empowerment-and-agile.aspx#8435921Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:54:49 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8435921jonskeet<p>One of the bigger problems I had when pair programming (which I haven't done as often as I'd like to) is persuading the developers not on the team that we really are working, despite the laughter and general merriment. It's ironic given that I've probably been at my most productive while pair programming (especially with one particular developer - we just sparked off each other).</p> <p>But yes, agile in general works a lot better when everyone has a healthy respect for everyone else :)</p> <p>Jon</p>