The Tao Of Transformation
summary
Argues that teams stall at ceremonies and must progress from ritual → practice → principles → values, then demonstrates concrete techniques: three TDD styles on an Indian tax-slab example (unit-first, domain-model IRS object, and parameterized tests that produce a TreeMap of slabs), a usability experiment implemented as a $40 Greasemonkey script that faked Facebook posts and ran with 50 users 3 likes to falsify the hypothesis, and hands-on standup and micro-retrospective practices to show what changes and what actually produces value.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 13:36Test driven development
- 28:43Evolving stand-ups
- 43:01Continuous improvement
- 59:28User stories beyond docs
- 1:13:19Agile values foundation
- 1:28:35Authentic self-realization
- 1:40:30Q&A
