On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 10:08:19PM +1000, Julian Boot wrote:
> Ron said:
> > Iterations start with
> > customer stories and end with customer stories running their customer
> > acceptance tests, in my opinion.
>
> This is one thing I pay important attention to when introducing XP.
> There is tremendous value in getting the first iteration to deliver
> *some* value to the customer. Nothing removes the skepticism better.
> And nothing shows just how much control the customer has when a
> recommendation they made in a conversation two days ago is now
> implemented and passes the given tests.

Excellent point! We often say that each iteration should build
something useful, starting with the most important thing.

Maybe the most important and useful thing that the initial
iteration needs to builds is ... *trust*! ?
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