Extreme

Programming
 Goal

Lecture’s aim is to introduce extreme

programming, its values and practices
 Lecture Topics
– Typical XP Day

– XP Values

– XP Practices

– XP Life Cycle

– Messages to Remember
XP Typical Day
 XP Values
• Communication

• Simplicity

• Feedback

• Courage
Communication Effectiveness Communication

2 people at
whiteboard

2 people
on phone
Photo courtesy of Evant corp.
Videotape
2 people
Paper on email

Richness of communication channel

 Simplicity
• What is the simplest thing that could
possibly work?

• Tests are our indicator.

• It is better to implement simple solution

today and if needed re-factor it in the
future than to drop unnecessary parts of
redundant complex solution tomorrow.
 Feedback

• XP teams strive to generate as much feedback as they

can handle as quickly as possible.
• They try to shorten the feedback cycle to minutes or
hours instead of weeks or months.
• The sooner you know, the sooner you can adapt.
 Courage

• Courage is effective action in the face of

fear.
• The courage to speak truths, pleasant or
unpleasant, fosters communication and
trust.
• The courage to discard failing solutions
and seek new ones encourages simplicity.
XP Life Cycle
 Messages to Remember

• Software development processes are tools

and these tools should be carefully
selected according to project and team
needs

• XP works well in aggressive changing

environment when people are co-located
in working area