Description of the Context of the Experience


As briefly described in the introduction, this is an experience report of our work at ThoughtWorks, Inc., in delivering a large distributed leasing application. Therefore, the context of the experience is basically a large, real-world project with real clients, real developers, and real deadlines. Before starting on XP, the developers had little or no exposure to the development process and were working in a typical development environment, with the analysis already done and documented, and business sections split among independent teams. Our experience is applicable to any project in similar circumstances. These circumstances are as follows:

  • A large development team (our specific numbers varied over time, but typically about 35 developers, eight business analysts, and seven quality assurance testers)

  • A large application (currently about 600,000 noncommented source lines in 6,500 classes)

  • Good communication between team members

  • An open environment, with team members able to say what works and what doesn't



Extreme Programming Perspectives
Extreme Programming Perspectives
ISBN: 0201770059
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 445

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