ADS, Kerievsky's assessment, and Agile Alliance

[D. André Dhondt]

Bonjour Laurent (and ADS and assessing-agility),

As you know, Ron Jeffries, Chet Hendrickson et al. have started talking about certification again, and Kerievsky has started his own list to talk about assessment, which I think is more along the lines of WeVouchFor.  Regardless, this is probably too much to discuss in an e-mail, but I am curious about what happened with the WeVouchFor project... as I recall, earlier this year you blogged that it is no longer under current development, and I'd like to know why.  As I see from your recent comments on the extreme programming list, you think the idea still has merit, it's just not affordable.  Is there more?  Do you you want to be part of this next wave of an attempt-to-create-a-certification-scheme that is agile?  Do you have time to meet and chat about what you learned the last time around?

There is still a lot of talk on both the ADS list and the assessment list, people prosing things that may become solid proposals.  Is the WeVouchFor site in a state where we could direct a bunch of new users to try it out?  Would you be willing to open up the site and code for us to make modifications--and if so, who are the stakeholders that would need to be considered before making changes?

Last of all, as a member of the board of the Agile Alliance, do you think the Alliance would consider endorsing a recurring assessment scheme (while still maintaining their distance from certification)?


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D.André Dhondt
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