William Pietri wrote:

> I realized later that this was one of my favorite tricks for getting
> people to test. And it provides an easy way forward for them, as often
> all they have to do is take their scratch code, chuck it in a test, and
> add a few asserts.

I have one to help customers describe customer tests. If they seem not
to want to do it, or have trouble, then when they ask me to build the
feature, I immediately say "Done!"

They look puzzled. "You are not."

"Sure I am. Done!"

"You haven't done anything!"

"How do you know?"

The next thing out of their mouth is usually something we can easily
turn into a customer test.

Granted, this is a good trick only if you have a good personal
relationship with the personal acting as customer.

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Also, I like Ron's way to get customers to prioritize stories. :)
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