Summary Motley: There is no harm shortcutting a few steps of development to meet a deadline. Some up-front check-in steps just take too much time. Maven: Slow down to go fast. Obey check-in checklists or you will pay for it later in the development cycle. Pre-check...

Summary Motley: Affinity exercises? How do I work that sideways "8" into design brainstorming? Maven: Use affinity exercises for generating lots of ideas and prioritizing them. Define the topic, generate ideas, categorize, discuss, prioritize using dot voting, add up the votes, and create...

Summary Motley: Checklist? We don't need no stinking checklist! Checklists are for anal people with short memories. Maven: Checklists are very useful for activities like code reviews, where it is difficult to remember everything we need to look for. Good checklists are short, consistent,...