» Know When to Stop

Our promise once you successfully implement Know When to Stop:

you will finish code reviews more quickly
you will be less impacted by interruptions
you will complete stories more quickly
you will establish trust with your product owner that you are refactoring the right amount
you will find it safer and easier to work with code you do not understand
you will find yourself struggling less to keep everything in mind

What Changes

Those results come from changing these key behaviors.

Shift: Better and No Worse

Commit frequently to prevent infinite refactoring.

Shift: Choose Where to Look

Use the story to guide which refactorings to do.

Shift: The One-Line Story

Perform refactorings so that stories can be completed easily.

Shift: Full Insight Loop

Integrate all of these shifts into one repeatable model.

This Builds on Other Habits

Know When to Stop is the final part of the Insight Loop. Complete those Habits first!

Habit: Start Refactoring Safely

Organization ROI: Code changes become cheaper and less bug-prone. Improves intra-team learning. Engineer ROI: Code reviews are much easier. Gaining permission to refactor is easier. Make fewer mistakes.

Habit: Naming as a Process

Organization ROI: Reduces cost and bugs for any story that touches existing code. Engineer ROI: Trust your names. Finish stories faster. Reduce impact of interruptions.

Habit: Know When to Stop

Organization ROI: Trust devs to do just the right amount of refactoring in each story. Minimize cost of each story. Engineer ROI: Be trusted to decide when to refactor. Know when to stop.

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How to Change

Follow our map of specific shifts, each with clear supporting content

Join your team on our self-directed experience

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Single team with a new product

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Who Changes

Most of team

Who Changes

Whole team

Who Changes

Whole organization

Results

Most active code becomes trustworthy and you can tell when names are misleading

Results

All active code becomes trustworthy

Results

Current and future teams make code trustworthy

Success

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Success

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Success

Guaranteed for those we train

Time to first visible change

2-3 weeks

Time to first visible change

1 week

Time to first visible change

5-8 weeks

Time to finish

4 weeks

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2 weeks

Time to finish

6-10 weeks

Clear on-the-job learning

Yes

Clear on-the-job learning

Yes

Clear on-the-job learning

Yes

Visual Aids

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Visual Aids

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Visual Aids

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How-to videos

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How-to videos

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How-to videos

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Address resistance

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Address resistance

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(video and discussion)

Address resistance

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Live demo

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Live demo

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Live demo

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Slack channel coaching advice

No

Slack channel coaching advice

Yes

Slack channel coaching advice

Yes

Guided retrospectives

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Guided retrospectives

Yes

Guided retrospectives

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