Session type:

Case Study

Presented by:

Peter Hilton

PHC

Session time:

01 Oct 14:00 — 15:00

Session duration:

60 minutes

About the session

Theme: Agile in practice

Zero-bug policies are usually controversial, misunderstood, or both. Meanwhile, you probably live with a backlog of open bugs that you don’t expect to resolve anytime soon. But you could. 

Zero-bug policies matter because swarms of unfixed bugs waste time, hurt team morale, cause soul-destroying meetings, make development slow and unpredictable, and destroy customer trust.

This experience report describes Peter's 2024 journey from firefighting daily bug reports to fixing the last open bug, and the joy of development with zero open bugs.

Participants will learn about the practical side of implementing a zero-bug policy, from introducing the idea to achieving its goals.

Participant takeaways:

  • The idea, discussion points, risks and objections
  • Pains that would be worth fixing
  • How to align around goals
  • Doing the work
  • Enjoying the benefits of getting to a better place

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