Dear Samantha,
XP is a set of values, principles, and practices that align with delivering
value from software development. People apply these in their own way. Many
people have found XP a good starting place for improving development,
because it has a clear philosophy and clear activities to try. Compared to
the other agile methods, I think XP is more practical and detailed than Lean
Software Development, more comprehensive than Scrum, and more ambitious than
DSDM.
A good way to start with XP is to read the book (I modestly recommend the
2nd edition of XP Explained :-), pick a bit of XP that reminds you of
something that's worked well for you in the past, and try to apply it. If
(after the usual chaos of learning) you see improvement, then do the next
thing that makes sense.
Regards,
Kent Beck
Three Rivers Institute
From: extremeprogramming (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
[mailto:extremeprogramming (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com] Behalf Samantha Gore
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 5:35 AM
To: extremeprogramming (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: [XP] dumb question of the week - from a newbie
Hi all,
I work in a loal government organisation that has implemented PRINCE in
its IT environment. We run mostly infrastructure projects plus some
development - usually small scale data applications but occasionally
biggies like replacing our 60,000 page intranet with a new CMS.
I have been looking into Agile methods to see if we can use/adapt them
in our projects, but there seem to be so many 'flavours' I don't know
where to start. Please can you advise if XP is yet another 'flavour' or
is it generic to all? Any recommendations/resources etc appreciated.
Kindest regards,
Samantha J Gore
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]