Discourse Programming™

Full Discourse combines off the shelf tools and processes with exclusive project reporting into a software development blueprint that we call Discourse Programming™. It aligns the people, processes and tools on a project to maximize the project return while remaining predictable and accountable to the business team. Discourse Programming™ is our vision of how we ourselves would want software delivered to us. We expect perfection, therefore it mandates:

That the IT organization align itself with business objectives and priorities.
Direct communication between software developers and domain experts.
That the business team and software developers plan frequent short iterations.
That the software developers present working software with each iteration.
That ambiguity in requirements is resolved quickly.
That features are defined in terms of testable conditions.
That software developers write automated tests before writing the real code.
That the software developers automate testing and test frequently.
That the software developers share progress with the business team every single day.
That the business team inspects the software frequently to minimize miscommunication.
That the software developers demonstrate the working software to the business team at the end of each iteration.
That the business team and software developers take a moment each iteration to reflect and make adjustments if necessary.