Johannes Brodwall

Good programming is not something that can be explained, it has to be experienced. As a programmer with over a decade of experience in test-driven development and refactoring, Johannes Brodwall likes to pair program with others to exchange experience, tips and tricks. In preparation for this talk, Johannes has been pair programming with local developers in Kiev. During the talk, he will replay one of these sessions with a local developer. He will then discuss the practices, tricks, design ideas and interaction that they showed, showing concrete ideas for how you can become a better developer.

Johannes is looking for local developers to pair program with for this talk. If you're a Java or Ruby developer with a few years experience who would like to learn a few tricks and gain some local credibility as a developer, please contact him at @jhannes on Twitter.

Thesis: In order to have control over software project, a customer needs to have a contract that holds a supplier’s feet to the fire and fixes the price and scope of what is delivered.

Antithesis: Effective projects require collaboration between a customer and a supplier. A contract that fixes the price and scope of the project undermines the trust needed for this collaboration.

Synthesis: Target price contract aligns the incentives of the supplier and the customer towards making the scope match the budget. This gives the customer control over the price and value of the created software while maintaining a collaborative environment.