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You can get value from making your own. I have a small list for coding that says "commit, test, story" that reminds me to be always saving my work, coding against a test, and testing against a story. As long as you remember that you're the one in charge and don't treat it like your boss, a list can be a great aid to memory and discipline.

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You're right there's a lot of value in writing down what you need to do on a personal level, adapt and modify it to suit yourself and the situation at hand. It's not "your boss" and that's why it helps.

I am talking about checklists devised in a work situation by "a boss" as an integral part of how work is actually preformed.

It's sooo easy for these things to get stupid when they're abused. A checklist, used improperly, is like a pre-waterfall workflow-- almost militaristic in it's simplicity.

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