I highly recommend this podcast from IT Conversations. It’s by Ken Beck, “the father of Extreme Programming and JUnit”, and one of the earliest supporters of Test Driven Development. Ken was asked to share stories with the audience, and gave some great advice in the process.
One part (about 58 minutes in) really stood out to me, as it ties into my post on developers getting “religion”:
That’s why I like that word “responsible”. “What is the responsible thing to do in this moment?” That is a wonderful, wonderful question to ask. “How would I do this if this was my money?” Boy, that’ll focus the mind on documentation.
Listen to Test Driven Development, Patterns and Extreme Programming at IT Conversations.
