Recognized as the inventor of XP (Extreme Programming) and a co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Kent Beck has been a prominent advocate of agile programming and its use of shorter release cycles in ...

What are the best resources on extreme programming? Here’s what the Sabre Airline Solutions staff recommends: Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns and Practices, Robert C. Martin, Prentice ...

Some time ago, I wrote about the general problem of misconceptions about Extreme Programming. Now I'd like to tackle a specific misconception – the idea that Extreme Programming (XP) projects begin ...

Software development methodologies have become essential for development teams for a reason: they organize the process and help in getting the best possible outcomes. Yet, they aren't all alike.

Oftentimes, the little things can make the biggest difference. Consider some of the tenets of a new programming approach: keep the code simple, review it frequently, test early and often, and work a ...

On paper, the Capability Maturity Model Index seems about as different from XP and other agile programming disciplines as it can be. This is true to some degree in practice, too, because CMMI and ...

It has been nearly 10 years since programming dignitaries released “The Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” which promoted processes that accommodate changing requirements, collaboration with ...