Dynamics of Software Development, Second Edition

The Core Commitments

1. Engage when present.

   • Know and disclose

     1. what I want,

     2. what I think, and

     3. what I feel.

   • Always seek effective help.

   • Decline to offer and refuse to accept incoherent emotional transmissions.

   • When I have or hear a better idea than the currently prevailing idea, I will immediately either i) propose it for decisive acceptance or rejection, and/or ii) explicitly seek its improvement.

   • Personally support the best idea i) regardless of its source, ii) however much I hope an even better idea may later arise, and iii) when I have no superior alternative idea.

2. Seek to perceive more than I seek to be perceived.

3. Use teams, especially when undertaking difficult tasks.

4. Speak always and only when I believe it will improve the general results/effort ratio. ...