Ship It! - 3.6 Putting It All Together

This chapter is a summary of stuff we've learned so far.

The List

• publicly available
• prioritized
• on an estimated time line
• living

Tech Lead

• manages project's feature list
• tracks developer's current tasks and status
• helps assign priorities to each feature
• insulates the team from external distractions

Daily Meetings

• keep them short
• require specifics
• list problems, but don't solve them

Code Reviews:

• small amount of code reviewed
• one or two reviewers
• happen frequently
• don't publish code without a review

Code change notifications:

• email and publish notifications
• list the reviewer's name
• list purpose of the code change or addition
• include the diff or file itself, size permitting