Chapter 1. XP: Hype or HyperProductive?
“'Extreme Programming:' Act like all you have to do is 'write the program!!” | ||
| --Jeffries and Hendrickson, 1998 | ||
The most amazing claim I've ever seen for Extreme Programming was in the first talk I heard from Ron Jeffries when he said that the “Entire team agrees this is the best project they've ever been on.” It is no surprise, then, that some people think XP is a cult. How else can you explain the unanimous applause from the converts? Somehow or other, Extreme Programming has managed to make software development fun for the technical side of the project team.
Small wonder there is a lot of hype surrounding Extreme Programming. It claims to have found a way to remove the drudgery from software development! ...
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