Contents tagged with xp

• Sustainable Pace

  Software developers should rarely be made to work more than 40 hour weeks, and if one week does require overtime, the next one certainly should not.  This helps to maintain programmer welfare and … Read more

• System Metaphor

  A metaphor that everyone (whole team, customers, management, stakeholders) agrees on for how the system works. Read more

• Simple Design

  If a given problem can be solved in more than one way, choose the one that is simplest today.  Also, refactor code to simplify its design whenever possible. Read more

• Collective Code Ownership

  Everyone is responsible for all of the code.  Makes pair programming and design improvement possible. Read more

• Coding Standard

  Helps to ensure shared understanding within an XP team. Read more

• Small Releases

  Frequent, small releases help ensure constant communication and tight feedback loops. Read more

• Design Improvement

  An XP Practice. Read more

• Continuous Integration

  Continuous Integration is an XP practice that ensures problems with the full system are detected as soon after they are introduced as possible. Read more

• Whole Team

  An XP Practice. Read more

• Test Driven Development

  Test Driven Development, or TDD. Read more

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