Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Responsible Development is the style of development I aspire to now. It can be summarized by answering the question, How would I… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer. — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“If I have the same logic in two places, I work with the design to understand how I can have only one copy. Designs… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“However, most defects end up costing more than it would have cost to prevent them. Defects are expensive when they occur, both the direct… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Trust energizes participants. We feel good when things work smoothly. We need to be safe to experiment and make mistakes. We need testing to… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“If there are forms of testing, like stress and load testing, that find defects after development is "complete," bring them into the development cycle.… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“If you have a month to plan a project in detail, spend it on four one-week iterations developing while you improve your estimates. If… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Some of the teams who read and applied the first edition of this book didn't get the part of the message about the last… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Beta testing is a symptom of weak testing practices and poor communication with customers.” — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“Responsibility cannot be assigned; it can only be accepted. If someone tries to give you responsibility, only you can decide if you are responsible… — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding. — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
