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Remember the prime directive

Remember the prime directive

From the course: Agile Software Development: Dealing with Legacy Code and Technical Debt

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Remember the prime directive

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- [Instructor] In the fictional Star Trek universe, the characters have one rule that is more important than all of the others. They call it the Prime Directive. Its details are not all that important for our discussion here, but what is important to know is that in the Star Trek universe, the Prime Directive is taking very seriously and is treated with a lot of respect. Inspired by the idea of having one rule that's more important than all others, Norm Kerth crafted a prime directive for Agile teams to use during a retrospective. "Regardless of what we discover, "we understand and truly believe "that everyone did the best job they could, "given what they knew at the time, "their skills and abilities, "the resources available, "and the situation at hand." Tackling technical debt and working on legacy code is very similar to a retrospective exercise. You're going to find yourself surrounded by the remnants of past…

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