Questioning Extreme Programming - Softcover

McBreen, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201844575 ISBN 13: 9780201844573

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2002

Synopsis

After reading this thought-provoking book, software developers can make an informed decision about Extreme Programming, and whether it is suitable for their organization. Softcover.

About this title

About the Author

Pete McBreen is an independent consultant who actually enjoys writing and delivering software. Despite spending a lot of time writing, teaching, and mentoring, he goes out of his way to ensure that he does handson coding on a live project every year. Pete specializes in finding creative solutions to the problems that software developers face. After many years of working on formal and informal process improvement initiatives, he took a sideways look at the problem and realized, “Software development is meant to be fun. If it isn’t, the process is wrong.” Pete lives in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada and has no plans to move back to a big city. 0201844575AB07092002

From the Back Cover

Extreme Programming (XP) has been the subject of heated debate since its arrival on the programming scene in 1998—understandably so, as it contradicts many traditional software development beliefs. We've heard success stories about sweeping changes made to organizations as a result of XP. We’ve read books about how this approach can work for our teams. However, are there times when XP isn’t appropriate? There are certainly instances when making the leap to XP could potentially jeopardize a whole project. What’s missing from all of this rhetoric? Witness Pete McBreen, software craftsman, examine the issue from both sides.

In Questioning Extreme Programming, the author helps you examine and answer the following questions:

Is the cost of change really low?

Does XP allow proper testing?

Does XP make sense?

Is XP a return to the dark ages?

Can we adopt XP practices for other approaches?

Do you need process improvement or process change?

Why are developers so zealous about adopting XP?

Is XP suitable for your projects?

What is the next step after Extreme Programming?

After reading this thought-provoking book, software developers can make informed decisions about Extreme Programming, and whether it is suitable for their organization. Readers will also be able to determine whether Extreme Programming is inappropriate for a particular project. The author challenges you to look past the hype and start asking the hard questions about how software is built. Discover for yourself.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201844575
• ISBN 13: 9780201844573
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176