As corporations struggle to complete application development projects on time, within budget and without lots of buggy code, they’re taking a closer look at new development methods, such as extreme ...

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 ...

Extreme programming (XP) is a software development methodology that makes coding the primary activity. By promoting values such as simplicity and feedback, XP allows Java programmers to incrementally ...

Everyone complains about bugs in their software. Some can be tolerated, but many go beyond annoying and cause productivity losses. If it’s bad being the user of buggy software, think what it must be ...

In my previous article, I outlined the planning stages that are performed during an XP project, with a particular emphasis on the upfront planning that is ignored in many “XP” projects. This month I ...