January 9, 2018

This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series Underplayed Premises

Five underplayed premises of TDD includes the correlation premise. The correlation premise says "internal quality and productivity are directly correlated". Confusions and misunderstandings around this premise abound furiously, so it’s worth taking some time and working it out in detail. When we say internal quality (IQ) and productivity are directly correlated, we mean that they go up together and they, sadly, go down together. Their trend lines are inextricably linked. The first thing we have to do to parse this […]