[MakeUsersWant]

Does pointing-and-calling focus the mind onto the task by the same mechanism as pair programming should focus it onto the bigger picture?

So far, I've always regarded pair programming as a fad for people who can only think in conversation. But maybe there is a plausible mechanism behind it.

[pas]

Simply keeping a log also helps. (See also lab notes.) The habit of writing down what you want to do, and summarizing what you have actually done is an enormously powerful one.