Debug It!

Put It in Action

• Keep on top of your bug database to ensure that it accurately reflects your true priorities.

• The polluter pays—don’t allow anyone to move onto a new task until they’ve completely finished their current one. If bugs come to light in their work, they fix them.

• Make a single team responsible for a product from its initial concept through deployment and beyond.

• Firefighting will never fix a quality problem. Take the time to identify and fix the root cause.

• Avoid “big bang” rewrites.

• Ensure that your code ownership strategy is clear.

• Treat anything you don’t understand as a bug.

Footnotes

[41]	For a discussion of how communication works within and between teams, see Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game ...