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samir, a terminally deprecated method Mar 7

There’s this passage in Systemantics which talks about “dual bureaucracy” in ancient Egyptian organisations (presumably public office).

It sounds like an excellent idea, but I cannot find any sources.

Does anyone know if it is true, and of any research or articles which explain it in more detail?

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jon r Mar 7

@samir

To some extent, we could count the pair programming practice from Extreme Programming to the Egyptian model, if you ask me.

via @rysiek

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samir, a terminally deprecated method

@yala @rysiek Kind of, yes. Perhaps when pairing with someone like a product manager, who is externally-facing.

(I think pairing between programmers is rewarding, but pairing across disciplines such as programming, testing, product, security, ops, etc. is where you get massive value.)