Start of eXtreme Programming series

by Karel Thönissen

My first article in this series is about planning as practiced in eXtreme Programming, or rather the lack of it. In the past five months, we have used XP-techniques in our development project with more than satisfying results. The project has been delivered in (a little) less time than expected, within budget, with functionality as previewed, and as far as we know, bug free. Add to this a number of stress-free developers who have had a wonderful time at the development studio and a social life after work. At a later time, I shall explain how I can have had expectations about budget, time, functionality and quality when there was no plan. [complete article]