Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change - Softcover

Beck, Kent

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Software development projects can be fun, productive, and even daring. Yet they can consistently deliver value to a business and remain under control.

Extreme Programming (XP) was conceived and developed to address the specific needs of software development conducted by small teams in the face of vague and changing requirements. This new lightweight methodology challenges many conventional tenets, including the long-held assumption that the cost of changing a piece of...

About the Author

Kent Beck, one of the software industry’s most creative and acclaimed leaders, passionately employs patterns, extreme programming, and test-driven development. Currently affiliated with the Three Rivers Institute, he has been an author of many Addison-Wesley titles.

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Extreme Programming (XP) was conceived and developed to address the specific needs of software development conducted by small teams in the face of vague and changing requirements. This new lightweight methodology challenges many conventional tenets, including the long-held assumption that the cost of changing a piece of software necessarily rises dramatically over the course of time. XP recognizes that projects have to work to achieve this...

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This is a book about Extreme Programming (XP). XP is a lightweight methodology for small-to-medium-sized teams developing software in the face of vague or rapidly changing requirements. This book is intended to help you decide if XP is for you.

To some folks, XP seems like just good common sense. So why the iextremei in the name? XP takes commonsense principles and practices to extreme...

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This is a book about Extreme Programming (XP). XP is a lightweight methodology for small-to-medium-sized teams developing software in the face of vague or rapidly changing requirements. This book is intended to help you decide if XP is for you.

To some folks, XP seems like just good common sense. So why the "extreme" in the name? XP takes commonsense principles and practices...

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  • PublisherAddison-Wesley
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 0201616416
  • ISBN 13 9780201616415
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages190
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