September 30, 2001
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XP seems to be made up of a lot of practices. They might be good, but what’s the bottom line for a business person? The acid test for XP isn’t what the team does, but what they deliver. Here’s what you should get from your XP team.
September 29, 2001
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Pair programming might be useful between peers. But it seems like an inefficient use of a “senior” person’s time to be tied down to a “junior” person. Experience shows that pairing almost always pays off for both parties. However, not all readers are convinced: how about you?
September 5, 2001
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People ask whether they have to do the XP practices to be doing XP. In some environments, some of the practices are difficult or impossible. You don’t have to do the practices to be doing XP: You have to have done them. Practice makes perfect.
Uncle Bob Martin comments on “Developer Certification WTF?” in a recent blog entry. Let’s talk a bit about developer quality, and some things that are being done about it.
Choose your tools wisely, that they allow for the development of your skill.
Jim Shore has written a short item with the above title. Let’s think about it a bit.
Author Matthew B. Crawford is a physicist, has a Ph.D. in political philosophy, and is a motorcycle mechanic. What’s not to like? Recommended for practitioners, managers, executives.
Jens Meydam asked “What do you really care about in Scrum?” I decided to answer, instead, “What do you think is really essential in Scrum-style software development?