Florian Gilcher
6/22/2008 5:11:00 PM
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> The only positive effect KABLAME! ever had was turning one of our team
> members into a serious TDD believer. When he saw the first print-out
> and realized he was 10th on the list, he had visual motivation (on top
> of my hounding and harassment) to start writing tests with every
> feature he worked on or changed. He started writing tests everywhere.
> He started writing them in his personal projects. The quality of the
> code reflected the new drive to be a more comprehensive tester. That,
> of course, is only one isolated case. I'm sure the KABLAME! would
> also rob babies of their candies and push old ladies into mud puddles.
>
Thats quite another way of putting it. From your original post, it
looked like
it was used to blame other people in front of a manager. Using it for
visual
confirmation for someone that doesn't know where he stands in relation
to others is quite different. (I assume that he was in denial of the
fact that he
was the "weakest" tester.)
Using such a tool as a way of friendly criticism is okay (see my
"praise" statement),
but it seemed like you used it aggressively. I'm happy that this was a
mis-
understanding.
Regards,
Florian Gilcher
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