Use specific examples to guide the development of the solution.

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Example mapping can help you think through ways to slice a story into independently deliverable pieces. Look for clusters of related scenarios - same variant, same persona, etc.

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Involve your quality assurance person in the creation of your acceptance criteria.

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If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? ~ John Wooden

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Pssst - Defects are under-realized value

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It is much harder to learn TDD alone than with a pair or while teaming. The individual learning is accelerated by group work.

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Commenting out the assertions in your tests to "make them pass" is a road to pain and suffering.

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If you don't know how you're going to test it, you cannot sincerely say the development is done.

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"We can't write tests, we're too busy fixing defects.", is similar to, "We can't mend the fence, we're too busy chasing escaped cattle."

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