I'm not happy with the term "Collective Ownership." Maybe this should be called "Team Stewardship."
Ward on collective ownership: http://www.artima.com/intv/ownership.html
Paul Hodgetts http://www.agilelogic.com/weblog/index.cgi/2004/09/21#BenefitsOfPairProgramming
Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest by Peter Block
- Stewardship is being accountable to the larger team or organization by "operating in service, rather than in control, of those around us."
- "We choose service over self-interest most powerfully when we build the capacity of the next generation to govern themselves"
- Stewardship offers a model of partnership that distributes the power of choice and resources to each individual.
- Stewardship is personal - everyone is responsible for outcomes; mutual trust is the basic building block, and the willingness to risk and be vulnerable is a given.
- Total honesty is critical. End secrecy. Give knowledge away because it is a form of power
Practices
- Open workspace
- Check ins require two names - Always ask the second person
- Reviews
- Pair chart (Game)
- No second chance
- Suggest stories (for iteration planning) for people's interests
- Push problems back for the team to solve
- Ask for help
- "We get our stories done"