The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.

Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me to pairing, test-first, incremental design, continuous integration and so on because they support the values.

Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature.

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.

Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.

The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works.

Responsible Development is the style of development I aspire to now. It can be summarized by answering the question, How would I develop if it were my money? I'm amazed how many theoretical arguments evaporate when faced with this question.