Hello everyone. Welcome back to the next PSD blog series with yours truly. It’s been a while since my last blog on “Scrum And …”. Alrite, this time I am going to discuss Scrum and eXtreme Programming ...

Extreme 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 ...

When a development team decides to migrate to extreme programming (XP), the natural tendency is to focus on the programming practices, including unit testing, continuous integration, refactoring, and ...

If you have managed a software project, you know what it's like to feel the push for results from your managers working against the pull of your dedication to the well-being of your development team.

… Extreme Programming (XP), that is. XP is a radical new style of computer programming that’s taken some subgroups of the computer industry by a storm. It features embarrassing rituals, a cork-board ...

Oftentimes, the little things can make the biggest difference. Consider some of the tenets of a new programming approach: keep the code simple, review it frequently, test early and often, and work a ...

In my previous article, I outlined the planning stages that are performed during an XP project, with a particular emphasis on the upfront planning that is ignored in many “XP” projects. This month I ...

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Chrysler's software was a mess. Back in 1996, the company's programmers had been frantically working on a new payroll system, but still couldn't solve many problems. This was their third attempt at a ...

Helen Sun wanted to move fast. With 20 years of tech experience behind her, the CTO at Stats Perform knew that if you want to stand out from the competition, your team had to be brilliant — and be ...