Denham Gray over at Knowledge-at-work has this interesting post about extreme knowledge and its roots in extreme programming methods. One connection perhaps not mentioned is that XP is part of a general movement in software development away from large, lumbering and inflexible processes to more human focused, light processes. This has coallesced into a statement that values:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
That was from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. The theme of people first I think meshes quite well with some of the themes on Mr. Gray’s blog. Perhaps we should start talking about Agile Knowledge Management?
[Ed Taekema – Road Warrior Collaboration]