Maybe that is part of the disconnect then. If some people either aren't responsible for the design portion, or don't include it in the "development" process, th

Maybe that is part of the disconnect then. If some people either aren't responsible for the design portion, or don't include it in the "development" process, then I see how TDD could work pretty well. High level design has to come before specifics, and I don't think writing tests is the way to do that (unless you are counting things like acceptance tests, which seem like a different beast to me)