How many of you are Extreme Programmers?

[Changjune Kim]

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
news:3E9D8A80.FD76BDE9 at engcorp.com...
> Christopher Blunck wrote:
> >
> > What's discouraging is that it often takes books, buzzwords,
> > and fads to get the attention of higher-ups.
>
> Thankfully, in the case of XP all it took (at first) was
> a Wiki, not a book.  The book came later...
>
> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgramming
>
> > Developing software
> > is not all that difficult - it's always so confusing why people make
> > software development more complex than it actually is.
>
> Perhaps one reason some people think it's complex or difficult is
> because so many (90%?) of software projects *fail* in various ways,
> including by being so far over their scheduled release date that
> their customer vanishes.

Check out the Standish Group CHAOS report.

http://www.softwaremag.com/archive/2001feb/CollaborativeMgt.html (refers to
2001 report)
http://www.pm2go.com/sample_research/chaos_1994_1.php

>
> There *is* a reason why agile methodologies are being developed,
> although perhaps some people aren't ready for them yet. ;-)
>
> -Peter