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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