eXtreme

Programming (XP)

What is eXtreme Programming?

Is a software development process as well as a methodology

Defines who is doing what, when and how.

A process framework

A lightweight methodology or what Alistair Cockburn calls a

Crystal Methodology

Basic Concepts

The Four Variables

Cost
Time
Quality
Scope

The Four Values

Communication
Simplicity
Feedback
Courage

Change-driven Process
A risk is some variable that means a danger to the success of the project.
Typical risk are for instance:

Requirements change.

The users needs change.

The problem changes.

The market changes.

The requirements are imprecise or not fully understood.

Technology
Performance

The Process XP

Planning Game

Three Steps

Exploration
- The customer writes User Stories onto Index Cards.

Planning
- Commitment schedule meeting

Steering

Influencing the process by little moves

It consists of four possible move

Iteration

Recovery

New Story

Re-estimation

The Methodology XP Rules and

Practices

Management Rules and Practices

Metrics

Roles

Customer

Programmer

Coach

Tracker

Tester

Consultant

Workspace and Tools

Standup Meeting

Forty Hour Week

Development Rules and Practices

Development
Continuous
Collective

Cycle

Integration

Code Ownership

Programming

in Pairs

Coding

Standards

On-Site

Customer

Relentless

Testing

Design Rules and Practices

Do

the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly

Work (DTSTTCPW)

You

Are Not Gonna Need It (YAGIN)

Refactoring
CRC

Session (Class Responsibility Collaborator)

System
Lazy

Mercilessly

Metaphor

Optimization