Many of them are in danger of hacking instead of doing a disciplined lightweight process. Furthermore, lightweight processes usually depend on good communication skills of the team members. Techniques, such as pair programming or collective code ownership, are only feasible if the team members know how to communicate effectively. Unfortunately only few organizations select and train their staff regarding communication skills. Dealing with these problems over a project's lifetime is the main job of a coach, as opposed to a trainer who is specialized in teaching knowledge.
Most consultants have a bag of major and minor techniques to help their clients to cross the chasm.
To discuss these techniques and learn from each other is the main goal of this workshop. How to Attend Every interested consultant, teacher, academic, or otherwise interested person is invited to apply for attendance. Applicants need to submit a position statement that should be no longer than one page and describe one topic that the applicant plans to contribute to the discussion. This may be a certain technique, an experience report, or any other statement of relevance. The authors will be notified about acceptance by September 8th if they have submitted their position paper due to September 1st.