Browsing through Joel on Software I came across a very good article called The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code.

I have already rated the development environment that I work in according to the test, but am not going to share the results right now as I want to hear what other people in my organization think before publishing anything. In any event, its a good read as it really makes you think a little from a common sense perspective about the way you develop software as an organization.