Good article on how to adopt XP
xtreme programming (XP) is a software development methodology that makes coding the primary activity. By promoting values such as simplicity and feedback, XP allows Java programmers to incrementally develop and test applic
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Use XP to adopt XP
In the groundbreaking work, Extreme Programming Explained, author Kent Beck offers the following advice:
Pick your worst problem. Solve it the XP way. When it is no longer your worst problem, repeat.
If an XP guru suddenly appeared and said, "Please state the nature of the development emergency," identifying the worst problem would be easy. So how do we, being new to XP, figure out what our worst problem is? We cannot assume that reading a book on XP alone will help us identify our problems.
Programming is a team effort. The customer defines the requirements, the project manager manages the client relationship, and the programmers (hopefully) deliver the product the customer wants. Learning a new methodology, and learning how development can be achieved is a team effort as well.
One-way of getting the team together to begin working on these complex problems is to conduct retrospectives. Retrospectives have been around for quite some time now; however, they are surprisingly rare on most project managers' to-do lists. Retrospectives give the team an opportunity to sit down and examine the last iteration and figure out what did and did not go well, and what can be done better next time. In our case, adopting XP will be Iteration #0. At this point, the discussion is based on how the team has performed in the past, pre-XP.
Many red flags pop up when a retrospective is suggested. In general, people fear retrospectives. They fear being attacked, being perceived as incompetent, of getting negative remarks, or they fear hurting the feelings of others in the group and do not speak out.
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