A talk about organizational transformations. Presented at the New York Continuous Delivery meetup.

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3. — D E N N I S R I T C H I E ( C O - A U T H O R O F T H E K & R B O O K )
… with proper design, the features come cheaply.
This approach is arduous, but continues to
succeed.

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More than the act of testing, the act of designing
tests is one of the best bug preventers known.
Alex Grey

9. S T U D Y Y O U R U S E R S

11. Staffan Canbäck, Phillip Samouel & David Price

14. S U B - O P T I M I Z AT I O N
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15. B I K E S H E D D I N G
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16. T E C H N I C A L A N D S O C I A L
I N V E R S I O N O F C O N T R O L I S T H E B A S I S O F R E FA C T O R I N G

17. B L A M E L E S S P O S T M O R T E M S
A F T E R E V E RY S E V E R E I N C I D E N T, P E R F O R M

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Static Analysis
Small Tests
Smoke Tests
Medium Tests
Large Tests
Exploratory
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J O I N T LY S U F F I C I E N T
E A C H N E C E S S A RY B U T O N LY

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E V O L U T I O N I M P L I E S I T E R AT I O N

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A S K M E Q U E S T I O N S O N T W I T T E R !