Developing a Bridge

Developing a bridge is pretty straightforward. You have to look at your solution and your organization and figure out the pain points. Then either create or use a bridge that addresses them.

Survey the Situation

You have to take a look at your environment and your solution and figure out what the main points of contention between the two are. You then have to figure out what pieces of your solution are most going to resonate with your organization.

Suppose you are trying to introduce test-driven development (TDD) to a group that has never even done unit testing before. Unless highly motivated, your group is never going to jump to TDD—it’s just too far. However, if your organization has problems with bugs fixes frequently conflicting ...

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