Over the last year or so, I've noticed a shift in the language I use when I'm talking about XP roles. Instead of saying Customer, and then parenthetically...
(Crossposted to the XPlorations group) I've written a new XPlorations article: "Lean Manufacturing and Software". Software may not quite be manufacturing, but...
... Try this: If your boss agrees to XP, but gives it lip service and not real support, you are just as screwed as if your boss hates it. (This all assumes...
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How do people use XP under these conditions? For example, you are developing a new product to replace an existing one, so the first usable deliverable is the...
... That is >not< a more complex starting position! We seek to simplify declarations of behavior. Many patterns trade extra behavior for extra structure. You...
... There are a few benefits to fixed length iterations. --Many developers are poor at estimating time scales beyond two weeks. If a user story is too large,...
Hi, I know this one has probably been discussed before, but... I´m having a problem explaining to my project manager why we should fix the length of our ...
... Power is a scalar. That is, it has no direction. I like developers I work with to have direction. Velocity implies we are moving towards something. A...
A few of the threads over the past week caused me to wonder about the origins of the term "velocity"; . If (in brief) "velocity"; is how much work we can do per...
Are you one of the best Java programmers in Colorado? Do you always remember to test first? Do you want to work on a fast-paced team doing agile development...
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Several months ago I attended my friend Payson Hall's excellent problem-solving class. One of his problem-solving hueristics is to try to simplify the problem...
Hi, I'm a newbie here... My team started doing XP last January, and we've definitely learned a lot and improved our practices, but there are still a few things...
The next Phoenix eXtreme Programming User Group meeting will be held on Monday, November 17th. This is an informal gathering of Phoenix area developers and...
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Nontechnical managers are left with only humans, budgets and timelines to manage. They cannot, by definition, manage the code quality. Now to manage the...
Can anyone point me at a good bill of rights for customers / managers and developers. - Cheers Regards, Tim Haughton Software Engineer Omnibus Systems Ltd ...
... Perhaps you are looking for Dick, Andrew J., and Brian Zarnett, Paired Programming and Personality Traits, XP2002, May 26-29, 2002, Alghero, Sardinia,...
... I'm not sure if that's a little worrying or not. Down here on planet Earth, I'm prepared to concede that developers are (perhaps) less than perfect, and as...
What's an approach for such a case: Some first iterations are defined filled by features and started. At the same time preparation to coming workshops/planning...
... And what is wrong with doing it like this: public class Circle extends Ellipse { ... /** * Special case: Circles must have foci that are identical. * @see...
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http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2003_06/magazine/departments/softwarearchit ect/ here is a sensible presentation about the art, craft and engineering notions on...
