Pithy Slogans

Sometimes you just need a couple of slogans to catch on in an organization to really drive an idea. Here are some slogans that have worked in various transformations.

Start with 'why'

Go and see

No demo, no numbers

Ship it, dont' WIP it

Continuous flow; continuous dough

Stop starting, start finishing

Right to left, top to bottom

Diversity trumps ability

Focus on the problem not the people

Don't treasure what you measure

Treat defects as evidence of missing tests

Pair programming is pair thinking, not pair typing

Assume variability, preserve options

Scope doesn't creep. Understanding grows.

You can't scale crappy code.

Intergration points control product development

Develop on a cadence; deliver on demand

Lead people; manage things

Value is rare, extreme and obvious in retrospect

Never mistake motion for action

'Yes' is easier to say. 'No' is easier to do

Be quick but don't hurry

No one has to change; survival is optional

Its better to prepare and prevent than to repair and repent

We never have time to do it right but we always have time to do it twice

Don't trade uncertain earliness with certain lateness

Don’t move information to authority, move authority to the information.

Respect the ceremony

Zero failure is a failure

MindWIP

Stop controlling people, start controlling value delivered

Don’t begin if you’re not all in

Disagree, then commit

Absolutely #noabsolutes

What, so what, now what

Don't inspect and forget!

Delivering value to the customer takes priority over delivering features

Persistence beats resistance

Dependencies mean delays