... I would strongly agree. That's not to say a beginning XP team won't get into that position, though. XP says to refactor mercilessly, but at first it's hard...
William and Steven Thank you for the input !! Actually you pinned down the problem.. we are relatively newbies in XP.. We started off by adopting iterative...
Vijay Krishnan
vijaykrishnan@...
Jul 1, 2003 9:23 am
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... Not exactly prototyping, but experiments. Mostly I recommend starting with the real program. And thinking. And doing experiments to eliminate risk. So if...
(There was a recent thread where a team said they were in a similar situation but claimed to be experienced XP developers. They could not present any code to...
I am doing a study with XP at a company, and we are now in our first iteration. A problem that occurs is that every now and then "panic tasks" that must be...
haralds@...
Jul 1, 2003 1:14 pm
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... Well, you have to start somewhere. Bravo for trying! ... Ideal? A clean slate, a new project, at least 25% of the developers experienced with XP....
... This is where you refactor. Try the refactoring YahooGroup is you're having trouble with that. You can also try the VirtualPair YahooGroup for general...
... Another factor that people who distrust YAGNI is fear that once code is in the system it will /never/ go away. XP(-ish) development works to avoid this;...
Carlton Nettleton's excellent presentation on The Planning Game will be continued at XPSD’s next meeting! We did not get to completely finish the game so the...
... Old code never dies. It never goes away. Revoking existing functionality can be a remarkably difficult and dangerous thing to do: It can be somewhere...
I've got confusion between release planning and iteration planning where both have the same activities cycle. can any one tell me what is the difference?...
... Some products, such as the control for the shuttle's main rocket engines, should only release once a year. Some products, such as the algorithm in Google's...
Hi, I am looking for a tool that can collect and report in a matrix-type fashion the results of test runs on several system/platforms. The one that I know...
... If I take code out and tests break it was necessary. Otherwise it was unnecessary. If I take code out and no tests break and your code breaks then write ...
If you want a tool that will help you write tests as well as report them nicely, look into http://fit.c2.com You could also look at http://fitnesse.org for a...
... I'd like to second this. If you have nobody on the team who has done XP, either in real life or in a workshop, then you'll have a hard time convincing...
You can: a) estimate the panic task and negotiate with the customer to pull out the same amount of work. b) absorb the panic task into your velocity. I would...
... Correct. To safely remove unnecessary generality or functionality, you must test all functionality that might have used it after making the change. But if...
... Actually, if you are doing TDD then removing unwanted generality is impossible since you can't remove what you can't find :>D -- ====================== ...
... This reminds me of the discussion I was in at Agile Universe on "Are Design Patterns Dead?" Personally I thought Martin Fowler had put this topic to rest...
... And you can't change it? ... Do iterations end on different days of the week each time? Man; that would be confusing. No? ;-> You measure development...
... Nope. I have repeatedly offered my opinions, suggestions and guidance. I try to offer fixed-duration iterations as a solution to various problems when I ...
Over the last few days, I've read through a couple of lengthy tomes: Ayn Rand's _Atlas Shrugged_ and the SWECC's Guide to the SWEBOK, both for the first time....
Edmund Schweppe
schweppe@...
Jul 2, 2003 12:53 am
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Someone was talking about "Daily Iterations" at the Agile SWD Conference in Salt Lake City... ... -- C. Keith Ray ...
A new tutorial was recently added to the upcoming XP Agile Universe 2003 conference schedule for Sunday afternoon, August 10th. The Agile Customer's Toolkit...
... From: "Erik Hanson" <yahoogroups@...> To: <extremeprogramming@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:55 AM Subject: Re: [XP] YAGNI...
Vijay Krishnan
vijaykrishnan@...
Jul 2, 2003 6:02 am
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Hi Mark I assume you've looked at the JUnitReport task for Ant. Unfortunately it doesn't have quite as much information in the one report as DART seems to ...
... Right, but this is true whether you are using gummy bears, ideal time, actual time, etc. The real difference is that in terms of effort, actual time...
