Whether it is more effective to adopt well-known
but still misunderstood Agile Technical Practices
or to keep doing what we did in the past again
and again despite the poor outcomes?
Is it worth investing time, money, and effort to
learn these practices and principles of Software Design?

Honestly, I think so! I will explain why by telling a real story from my experience. And I will explain to you what are, in my opinion, the most relevant topics development teams need to understand to improve dramatically their chances to succeed.
We will see some history of TDD from Kent Beck to the London School, why it evolved in different techniques, and what other technical and collaborative practices every team may adopt to be effective in modern organizations.

Learning outcome: Understand the difference between the various TDD techniques and what problems they solve Listen to the story of how we applied them to rescue a failing project Have a first-hand opinion of the level of software craft in the wide industry Get a few pragmatic "pearls of wisdom" for improving yourself and your work environment. Video of this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXpYK1wdwZA