A community authored lightning talk created at the XP2013 conference in Vienna

1. Catchphrases that help us be
more Agile
A community authored lightning talk
created at the XP2013 conference in Vienna

2. “Vodka martini… shaken not stirred.”
“Did I do that…?”
“Dyno-mite!”
What is a catchphrase? It’s a calling card. An oft repeated
statement that tells the world who you are and why you are
here. The quintessentially cool spy. The ultimate clumsy nerd.
The good times guy…

3. We have catchphrases in Agile too. We use them every day to
capture our culture and values, the way we want to build
software….
This slide deck started nearly empty, with just the first generic
examples and a few of my favorites that I could think of. The
rest were suggested by audience members during the
lightning talk.
Attributions are given where attributions are known (or
thought to be known).
The talk was less than 10 minutes and captured several
amazing nuggets of wisdom. Enjoy!

4. DRY – Don’t Repeat Yourself
Pragmatic Programmer

5. The only way to go fast is to go
well.
Bob Martin

6. No broken windows, no boiled
frogs.
Pragmatic Programmers

7. Code is not done ‘till all the tests
run!
Pragmatic Programmers

8. We don’t ship shit.
Bob Martin

9. Embrace change
Kent Beck

10. YAGNI – You ain’t gonna need it

11. Do what you need to do to be
successful.
Michael Keeling
(Ok so this is a personal catchphrase )

12. Plans are nothing, planning is
everything.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

13. Slow down to get fast.

14. Leave it in a better state.

15. If you spend too much time
thinking about a thing, you’ll
never get it done.
Bruce Lee

16. It’s not done until somebody is
using it.

17. It’s your fault we have a blame
oriented culture.

18. Tell me how you measure me and
I’ll tell you how I behave.
Eli Goldratt

19. There is no coulda shoulda
woulda, because if we could have
we would have.
(The only thing that could have
happened did.)

20. It’s better to ask forgiveness than
permission.

21. Fail fast.

22. Let go and let the team.

23. Failing without learning is the
failing.

24. Build trust by shipping stuff.

25. An ounce of practice is worth
more than tons of preaching.
Mahatma Gandhi

26. If it’s painful do it more often.

27. Do or do not there is no try.
Yoda

28. A month at the keyboard can save
an hour in the library.