Courageous Software Development through Craftsmanship

Slides from my workshop session on Courage in Software Development through Software Craftsmanship presented at Keep Austin Agile 2014.

http://2014conf.agileaustin.org/?q=node/70

1. COURAGEOUS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Through Craftsmanship
3. Courage is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. -- Wikipedia
11. What forces (in software) require us to respond with courage? How does lack of courage in software manifest?
14. Craftsmanship???
19. Not only working software, But also well-crafted software
20. Not only responding to change, But also steadily adding value
21. Not only individuals and interactions, But also a community of professionals
22. Not only customer collaboration, But also productive partnerships
23. Software craftsmanship's not the "next big thing". It's an attempt to articulate what the "thing" always was -- @jasongorman
24. Dangers…. •  Elitism •  Cargo Cults
25. Developers are often frustrated saying "management wants more features, they don't care about quality"
26. Martin Fowler’s Design Stamina Hypothesis Reducing internal quality slows us down
27. Qualities of Software Craftsmanship •  Place importance on skills and development •  Focus on Quality •  Professionalism / Pride of Work / Integrity
28. Techniques of Software Craftsmanship •  Mentoring (sometimes even formalized) •  Deliberate practice - Code katas, etc. •  Pair programming, review, etc. •  Strong testing, Clean Code, TDD, and other design/quality practices
29. A Source of Courage? What courageous behaviors would you hope to see from applying craftsmanship?
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