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Read 'em their rights!

When starting with new or potential users of XP, I like to read them their rights. So I had these plastic credit-card-sized "Miranda" cards made up. 

 Manager and Customer Rights

  1. You have the right to an overall plan, to know what can be accomplished, when, and at what cost.

  2. You have the right to see progress in a running system, proven to work by passing repeatable tests that you specify.

  3. You have the right to change your mind, to substitute functionality, and to change priorities.

  4. You have the right to be informed of schedule changes, in time to choose how to reduce scope to restore the original date. You can even cancel at any time and be left with a useful working system reflecting investment to date.

Developer Rights

  1. You have the right to know what is needed, via clear requirement stories, with clear declarations of priority.

  2. You have the right to say how long each story will take you to implement, and to revise estimates given experience.

  3. You have the right to identify risky stories, to have them given higher priority, and to experiment to reduce risk.

  4. You have the right to produce quality work at all times. you have the right to peace, fun, and productive and enjoyable work.