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2 Controversial aspects
Extreme Programming also has its share of controversial aspects:
Most of the design activity takes place on the fly and incrementally, starting with "the simplest thing that could possibly work" and adding complexity only when it's required by failing tests. Unit-testing is a design discipline .
3 Communication in Extreme Programming
A fundamental task of building software systems is communicating system requirements to the developers of the system. In formal software development methodologies, this task is accomplished through documentation.
Extreme Programming techniques can be viewed as methods for rapidly building and disseminating institutional knowledge among members of a development team. The goal is to give all developers a shared view of the system which matches the view held by the users of the system. To this end, Extreme Programming favors simple designs, metaphor, collaboration of users and programmers, frequent verbal communication and feedback.
See also:
- Crystal Light Methods from Alistair Cockburn
4 References
5 External links
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